RT Article
T1 Not the Name Alone: A Linguistic Study of Exodus 3:14–15
JF Vetus Testamentum
VO 71
IS 4/5
SP 784
OP 800
A1 Wolde, Ellen J. van 1954-
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1774098318
AB Exodus 3:14–15 provide an answer to Moses’ question in v. 13, but with surprising unanimity scholars have concluded that v. 14 is the heart of the section due to the supposed significance of the name Yhwh for the determining Yhwh’s original character. This focus on v. 14 has led most scholars to overlook the fact that v. 15a is a second answer to the question, and that v. 15b presents two complementary, but distinct dimensions of the deity. In v. 15b, the demonstratives וזה …‬ זה, the nouns שמי and זכרי, and the temporal adverbial compounds לעלם and לדר דר, each point toward two distinct referents: Yhwh and Elohim. The first clause highlights the timeless nature of Yhwh’s name, while the second clause underscores the need to memorialize Elohim as the God of the ancestors and future Israelite generations.
K1 Exod 3
K1 Yhwh
K1 God’s name
DO 10.1163/15685330-00001121