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...

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Main Author: Andrade, Nathanael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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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
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