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Names and titles of God in the New Testament

In contrast to the variety of absolute or personal names of God in the Old Testament, the New Testament uses only two, according to the International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia. From the 20th century onwards, a number of scholars find various evidence for the name [YHWH or related form] in the New Testament.

Standards, Extant New Testament manuscripts & The Howard hypothesis

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Extant New Testament manuscripts

Philip Wesley ComfortHelmut KoesterDavid TrobischPolycarpP52
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The Howard hypothesis

ExtantNew Testament manuscriptC. OsburnD. JuelBruce M. Metzger
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Possible rabbinical references

Rabbinic literatureGilyonimGospelsApocalypsesTosefta
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Names

YahwehAdonaiHebrewWalter A. ElwellN. T. Wright
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Names

Extant New Testament manuscripts

Nomina sacra in the New Testament

The Howard hypothesis

Howard's other hypothesis

Possible rabbinical references

Some modern adaptations of the New Testament

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Names and titles of God in the New Testament

Nodes167
Edges166
Triples15
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011976
Components1

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testament new tetragrammaton hebrew κύριος greek septuagint name manuscripts text christian use god century original jewish howard used old texts

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
the Gospel of Johninstance ofless in the case of elements0.80text
we have in the first two chapters of Lukeinstance ofWas it also used in OT-like narratives0.80text
κύριοςinstance ofWhile in non-biblical material Jews freely used either the Tetragrammaton or a substitute0.80text
in copying the biblical text itself they carefully guarded the Tetragrammatoninstance ofWhile in non-biblical material Jews freely used either the Tetragrammaton or a substitute0.80text
a practice that they extended to translation into Greek but not into Aramaicinstance ofWhile in non-biblical material Jews freely used either the Tetragrammaton or a substitute0.80text
ιαωinstance ofnever the Tetragrammaton itself or a transcription0.80text
Irenaeus of Lyonsinstance oflike the ones read by Christians0.80text
Origeninstance oflike the ones read by Christians0.80text
Eusebius of Caesareainstance oflike the ones read by Christians0.80text
Tertullianinstance oflike the ones read by Christians0.80text
Jeromeinstance oflike the ones read by Christians0.80text
and Ps-John Chrysostominstance oflike the ones read by Christians0.80text

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