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Is God's Name Jehovah? ~updated~ by Yooguyz: 6:26pm On Nov 03, 2013 |
Not a single ancient New Testament manuscript has been found containing the Tetragrammaton (YHWH). Inclusion of the word Jehovah in the New Testament of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (NWT) is one of the most important errors in Watchtower theology. It leads Witnesses to believe than any person not using the word Jehovah cannot have a personal relationship with God and that use of the word Jehovah is a requirement for salvation. This thread addresses three primary topics relating to the word Jehovah. |
Re: Is God's Name Jehovah? ~updated~ by lanrexlan(m): 7:14pm On Nov 03, 2013 |
According to the bible,god's name is Jealous. Exodus 34:14 (KJV) -For thou shalt worship no other god:for the LORD,whose name is Jealous,is a jealous God. |
Re: Is God's Name Jehovah? ~updated~ by WHees(m): 9:51pm On Nov 03, 2013 |
Good job op, jealous will be jealous if they continue calling him with concocted names. |
Re: Is God's Name Jehovah? ~updated~ by Yooguyz: 10:13pm On Nov 03, 2013 |
GOD'S NAME JEHOVAH IN THE NEW TESTAMENT Proclaimers p.99 claims: "The conventioners were thrilled to learn that this new translation [NWT] restored the divine name Jehovah 237 times in the main text from Matthew to Revelation!" The fundamental flaw of the NWT is this insertion of the word Jehovah 237 times into the New Testament. The Watchtower justifies this insertion by claiming all known New Testament manuscripts are inaccurate. This is vitally important because such a claim undermines the integrity of the Bible. If God was unable to prevent the removal of his own name from the New Testament without trace, what else was he unable to prevent being changed? On the other hand, if this Watchtower claim is wrong and the word Jehovah never appeared in the New Testament this change makes Watchtower doctrine incorrect by: Creating a false sense of importance on using the word Jehovah Changing the meaning of important New Testament passages The New Testament is one of the most attested ancient works in existence. The Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 87 p.184 has listed 5,255 known New Testament Greek fragments. The Tetragrammaton does not appear in the New Testament either as YHWH or as the Greek transliterations PIPI, YAW and Iabe in a single one of these ancient New Testament manuscripts. This is despite "some papyrus fragments of the Christian Greek Scriptures that go back to the middle of the second century." (w82 3/15 p.23). When attempting to build faith in the Bible the Watchtower asserts the New Testament is complete without omissions - silent in regards to their belief that the most important word has disappeared without trace. "No striking or fundamental variation is shown either in the Old or the New Testament. There are no important omissions or additions of passages, and no variations which affect vital facts or doctrines." Reasoning from the Scriptures p. 64 "Not only are there thousands of manuscripts to compare but discoveries of older Bible manuscripts during the past few decades take the Greek text back as far as about the year 125 C.E., just a couple of decades short of the death of the apostle John about 100 C.E. These manuscript evidences provide strong assurance that we now have a dependable Greek text in refined form." All Scripture is Inspired of God and Beneficial p.319 The story changes when explaining why the Watchtower Society added the word Jehovah into the New Testament, alleging the removal of YHWH from the New Testament during the second century. "Sometime during the second or third century C.E. the scribes removed the Tetragrammaton from both the Septuagint and the Christian Greek Scriptures and replaced it with Ky´ri·os, "Lord" or The·os´, "God."" New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures- With References p.1564 1D The Divine Name in the Christian Greek Scriptures There is no proof whatsoever to support this claim, as not a single ancient New Testament document has been found with YHWH in it. Several available manuscripts date back to this period. P47 dates prior to 300.A.D. and contains four uses of Kyrios from Revelation that the NWT translates as Jehovah. P66 dates from around 200 A.D. from John (written in 98 A.D) and contains five occurrences of Lord that appear in the NWT as Jehovah. Some manuscripts go back to within 25 years of John's writings, yet none contains YHWH. |
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