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Part 4 - Pronouncing & Translating the Divine Name - The Early Church & Late Antiquity
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- Jan 29, 2026
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Get the free book. Was the New Testament unique in its use of kurios, and what did people do with the divine name after the apostles? As we will see, vocalization continued to be avoided by some, while others sought to recover its original pronunciation or use it in various ways (such as in magic spells). From what follows it willbecome evident that confusion and chaos around God’s name dominated in late antiquity. This window of history can border on the bizarre, and the listener will be forgiven for skipping this section if it proves tedious. website | books | twitter | music | Hebrew | articles | facebook | contact | download all episodes for offline