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Lord or God? Tobit and the Tetragrammaton.

The article investigates the use of Tetragrammaton, a name closely associated with God, in the "Book of Tobit." According to the author, Jewish Aramaic literature in the Second Temple period is distinctive for the absence of the term Tetragrammaton. He claims that this separates Aramaic writings fro...

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Published in:Catholic Biblical Quarterly Vol. 75; no. 3; pp. 463 - 473
Main Author: MACHIELA, DANIEL A.
Format: Article
Published: Catholic Biblical Association of America Jul2013
Subjects:
Tetragrammaton
Aramaic literature
Jewish literature
Bible
Name of God in Judaism
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Summary:The article investigates the use of Tetragrammaton, a name closely associated with God, in the "Book of Tobit." According to the author, Jewish Aramaic literature in the Second Temple period is distinctive for the absence of the term Tetragrammaton. He claims that this separates Aramaic writings from canonical Hebrew compositions, but aligns them with Qumran sectarian works. He adds that the appearance of tetrapuncta in Tobit does not pertain to Tetragramaton, but to the Aramaic word for God.