[osis-core] Re: divineName

[Patrick Durusau]

Jim,

Jim_Albright at wycliffe.org wrote:
> YHWH is the only one with small caps so that is the one that needs to be 
> marked special. There isn't a printing need to mark the
> other divine names .... we don't get much mileage out of that work. We 
> already have tools that will extract all verse with divine names for 
> comparison.
> 

Hmmm, but the NIV notes that it uses LORD (all caps) for YHWH, and Lord 
(lowercase) for Adonai. As well as regular phrases for the other forms 
of the divine name.

Seems to me that being able to test the expected string based upon the 
form of the name noted as an attribute value would be an advantage.

I guess I am seeing this as more than simply a printing need, 
considering the need to search for different forms of the divine name, 
compare how translations handle the different forms of the name, etc.

Hope you are looking forward to a great weekend!

Patrick



> Jim Albright
> 704 843-0582
> Wycliffe Bible Translators
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> Patrick Durusau <Patrick.Durusau at sbl-site.org>
> 10/20/2004 06:57 AM
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>         To:     Jim_Albright at wycliffe.org
>         cc:     Jeff_Gayle at sil.org
>         Subject:        Re: divineName
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> Jim,
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> But the divine name is not always YHWH. What about El Shaddai, Elohim, 
> El Roi, El Olam, El Elyon (from memory, I think there are two or three 
> more), which are variously translated in most translations to preserve 
> the underlying textual differences? All are instances of the <divineName>.
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> As I recall the discussion, this was one of the reasons we did not 
> follow XSEM's practice of having a <YHWH> element.
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> True enough that we all see these as variant names of the Deity but to 
> use only one type or element suppresses the variation that is captured 
> in most translations.
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> Hope you are at the start of a great day!
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> Patrick
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> Jim_Albright at wycliffe.org wrote:
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>><divineName type='x-yhwh'>LORD</divineName> 
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>>So is <divineName>Lord</divineName> always in reference to YHWH? If so 
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> the type x-yhwh makes no sense. If <divineName> can refer to God 
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>>Almighty then we should have a type="yhwh"  and not an x-yhwh.
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>>Jim Albright
>>704 843-0582
>>Wycliffe Bible Translators
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Patrick Durusau
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Society of Biblical Literature
Patrick.Durusau at sbl-site.org
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