inquiringmind Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 Did Joseph Smith ever explain the meaning of the Tetragrammaton?
LeSellers Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 Did Joseph Smith ever explain the meaning of the Tetragrammaton?Not as far as I have been able to determine. Lehi
inquiringmind Posted March 24, 2011 Author Posted March 24, 2011 Do Mormons regard it as the name of Jesus?
volgadon Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 Modern ones do, in the early church the understanding was, shall wr say, more fluid.
Robert F. Smith Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 Did Joseph Smith ever explain the meaning of the Tetragrammaton?He may have received instruction on it from J.Seixas, his Jewish Hebrew teacher, but it is not clear that he ever explained that technical matter. However, there are some hints of his understanding, although (as Volgadon says) the matter was somewhat "fluid" in the 19th century.In D&C 110:2-3, during Passover and on the Sabbath, April 3, 1836, Joseph Smith & Oliver Cowdery had a vision of
volgadon Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 Or names like Ahijah "Jehovah is my brother/friend," a name that appears no less than 24 times in the Hebrew Bible. How inconvenient that it directly/indirectly supports the LDS concept of all people being the spirit brothers and sisters of Christ.I was actually planning on posting about this, so I'm glad you brought it up. Ahijah means like you said YHWH is my brother, or, rather, YHWH is my kinsman. It also has a lot to do with the role of a redeemer.
Mola Ram Suda Ram Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 I was actually planning on posting about this, so I'm glad you brought it up. Ahijah means like you said YHWH is my brother, or, rather, YHWH is my kinsman. It also has a lot to do with the role of a redeemer.Very interesting.
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