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Jahweh

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Jah·veh  (yäv, -v) or Jah·weh (-w, -w)
n.
Variants of Yahweh.
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Noun1.Jahweh - a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH


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Bush and Tony Blair have appealed to this specific watching, judging God in their defence of the Iraq war and occupation, while General Thomas Franks briefly took us back to the pre-Judaic period, when Jahweh was one among many, with his statement that he would prevail over Iraqi insurgents because 'my God is bigger than their God'.
Rosen notes that the Hebraic Jahweh creates the chaotic apeiron at the outset and then subdues her.
What Moses added to the laws was deification under one god, Jahweh, to make them a stronger force in the lives of his fellow Israelites, who were in danger of reverting to idolatry.
 
 
 
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