Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: jesse@altos86.Altos.COM ( Jesse Chisholm) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Questions about the Messiah Message-ID: Date: 27 Feb 91 05:25:39 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Altos Computer Systems, San Jose, CA Lines: 40 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu I am joining this conversation for the first time. In article sam4628@summa.tamu.edu (MCCLUNEY, STEVEN ALEXANDER) writes: >In article , math1h3@jetson.uh.edu writes... >>In article , ejh@sei.cmu.edu (Erik Hardy) writes: >>> I have some questions about the Messiah: [ skip original question about Jesus' claims vis-a-vis "son of God" and "Messiah" ] [ skip some of Steven M.'s response ] >the proper name given by God the Father to Moses: "Truly, truly, I say to you, >before Abraham was born, I AM." The name of God, YHWH (transliterated Yahweh >or Jehovah) means I AM. The reaction of the Jews (they tried to stone Him) >shows that contemporary audiences knew that this implied a unity with God. > > Steven M. > Texas A&M University A slight tangent ... In the Hebrew (really Chaldean and Aramaic but who's counting) the phrase "I AM THAT I AM" where God provides a name, the hebrew could be translated in other ways with equal validity. I AM WHO I AM BECOMING I WILL BE WHO I WILL BE I WILL BE WHO I AM All provide the emphasis of self defining existance that we get from the traditional, but they each give a different flavor to how we think of GOD. Discussion anyone? -- Jesse Chisholm | I UNDERSTAND! That is, I'm not sure exactly what jesse@Altos86.Altos.COM | it is I've understood, but I have the feeling that Tel 1-408-432-6200x4810 | I've understood SOMETHING! Fax 1-408-434-0273 |