The Jewish Tetragrammaton: Secrecy, Community, and Prestige among Greek-Writing Jews of the Early Roman Empire
In his retelling of Exod 3:14-16, Josephus (A.J. 2.275-276) frames the Tetragrammaton as a name that only Jews knew, and he indicates that Jews were not to intone it or disclose it to foreigners. His account illuminates a practice that certain Jews cultivated regarding their non-disclosure of the di...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
Journals Online & Print: | |
Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Published: |
Brill
2015
|
In: |
Journal for the study of Judaism
Year: 2015, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 198-223 |
Further subjects: | B
Tetragrammaton
Judaism
Roman period
Greek-writing Jews
Josephus
Philo
|
Online Access: |
Volltext (Verlag) |
Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
|