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Fritz Poppenberg a German filmaker made a DVD from this article ( https://www.dreilindenfilm.de/produkt/der-name-gottes/) which is available for free on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjpGXSyIqTc The understanding of God's... more
www.DrAlGarza.blog The name of God has been discussed for centuries. Is the name of God Yahweh or Jehovah (Yehovah, the Hebrew form)? For the first time read what Rabbinic Jewish sources have to say about the Name of the Almighty. Read... more
God's name is fundamental to all monotheistic religions. Paradoxically, religions prefer to translate God's name as Yahweh "He Is," Adonay "my Lord," Allah "The God," rather than a transcription of the name, which is more usual. However,... more
Commentary on the Book of Exodus with the text of new translation of St. Paul's Edition
Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. By J. Gordon Melton, Editor, with James A. Beverley, Christopher Buck, and Constance A. Jones. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO,... more
In her well-known review of The Star of Redemption, poet, cultural critic, and philosopher Margarete Susman characterizes Rosenzweig’s project as theology that has “gone beyond the zenith of atheism” and articulates her view of this... more
The aim of this paper is to call attention to Ramon Llull’s Cent noms de Déu, or The One Hundred Names of God, and its unique place in the history of medieval Christian-Muslim polemics. Llull (1232-1315) was a writer, logician,... more
One of the most lasting questions since the birth of the Church has been, who is Jesus? In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus asks his disciples, “Who do you say I am?” (Matt 16:15). Some have taken this passage of Scripture to mean that if you... more
BAHA'I CALENDAR Sample Article posted by "Facts on File" Excerpt from 2016 "Facts on File" ebook for high school students: Baha'i Faith: A Quick Reference Christopher Buck Copyright 2016 Facts On File. All rights reserved. BAHA'I... more
This article discusses names for God in the corpus of Old English poetry. I begin by considering the problem of naming God, as defined by patristic authors and recognised by several Anglo-Saxon poets (Cynewulf and the author of the OE... more
The silver inscribed amulet (PEF 2049) in the collections of the Palestine Exploration Fund was found in a tomb of the Graeco-Roman period during the excavations of the British expedition to Samaria directed by J. W. Crowfoot from... more
Zwei bislang noch unveröffentlichte unvollständige Typoskripte Martin Bubers beschäftigen sich anhand von Ex 3,13f u.a. mit der Frage, ob Gott einen Namen haben kann, und was die jüdische Geistes- und die Religionsgeschichte zu dieser... more
A short essay on the topic of "Tzelem Elokim."
The paper evaluates the previous explanations for the origin and meaning of (El) Šadday with regard to their etymological and religio-historical plausibility. Only the derivation of Šadday from the Egyptian deity Shed remains convincing... more
The purpose of this study is to examine the meaning of humankind in relation to the rest of creation, while drawing from a variety of perspectives. There are a myriad of differing theories about the place and purpose of human beings,... more
Almighty God has a name, which He uses ±6000 times in the Old Testament. He also has another 75 names or titles which He uses to tell us about Himself — about His power, actions, love, and reputation. The Almighty is not an object to be... more
In the following I want to examine the demand [issued by some Christian groups in Germany] that Arab Christians should not address God as Allah in prayer, and that we should never render the Arabic term “Allah” as “Gott” in German (resp.... more
This work is intended to examine the use and interpretation of Byzantine hymnographic texts of Hieroschemamonk Anthony Bulatovich, who was the leader of the Athonite Onomatodoxists during the 1910s, written during his defence of the... more
AN EXAMINATION (IN RUSSIAN) OF THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE NAME OF GOD, WHETHER IT IS GOD HIMSELF OR NOT
The weaponization of Islam comes forth from no doubt many instruments, though one of its most wide-reaching and effective instruments is surely absolute certainty. Long has absolute certainty been aligned to the notion of the ‘sacred’,... more
With the abilities and great capacity human kind has unique position in the universe and they have potential to be better than any other created beings. There is no doubt that what makes them unique and superior is that they can represent... more
This article proposes the following interpretation of Ex. 3,14: "God said to Moses: I shall be who shall (will) be. He said: Thus you say to the sons of Israel: I shall be in so far as he has sent me to you." In favor of this... more
This brief comparison of the doctrine of the affirmative knowledge of God presented in Meister Eckhart's Commentary on Exodus with St. Thomas Aquinas' teaching in I Sentences and the prima pars of the Summa theologiae argues that the two... more
A lot of people have criticized the “Faith Movement” for its emphasis on healing as the will of God in all circumstances, but the more I examine healing from the perspective of a covenantal theologian*, which most Calvinists are, the... more
Heraclitus ἀεὶ νέος συνεχῶς (“always new, continually”) The article succinctly presents and evaluates Wojciech Wrotkowski’s latest investigations concerning Heraclitus’ theosophy. "Obawiam się, że za największą wadę źródłowej na wskroś i... more
This paper was given as part of a panel discussion revisiting the Tracy/Lindbeck debate of the 1980's. The other panelists were Shaun Brown (Wycliffe College), Murray Johnston (Regis College), Gill Goulding (Regis College), and John... more
Devotion to the Names of God and the theological debates deriving therefrom are pivotal in both Christian and Islamic thought and practice. Ramon Llull's Hundred Names of God may be considered to act as a bridge between the two... more
Le dernier essai de Rosenzweig a pour titre « L’Éternel » (Der Ewige). Rosenzweig n’y précise d’ailleurs pas qu’il accorde lui-même une importance centrale à « l’Éternel » comme nom de Dieu dans L’Étoile de la Rédemption, où « l’Éternel »... more
“La pronuncia del Nome” di Nehemia Gordon e Francesco Arduini. Ringrazio per l’autorizzazione.
Anand Amaladass SJ, "The Experience of Wholeness and God-equivalents in Hinduism", in "Dialogue & Alliance" 5/1 (1991): 44-54
Allah soyut ve somut varlığı itibariyle Sonsuzdur, her şeyden her şeye daha yakındır. Eşya O'nun enerjisi, yazılımı ve isteğiyle (kudret, ilim ve iradesiyle) birer dosyadırlar. O ise Ana Dosyadır. Dolayısıyla herşeyden herşeye daha... more