The Stone Chapel Podcast

Episode 177 The Divine Name in the DSS (Part 2) with Emanuel Tov For three months Emanuel Tov and his wife, Lika, have been resident at the Lanier Theological Library in  Houston (2023-24).  I cannot express what an honor it is to have them present in our library.  Every day Tov sits reading and studying in the alcove featuring the library of Florentino Garcia Martinez.  Professor Tov joined David Capes on The Stone Chapel Podcasts to talk about how scribes in the desert community of Qumran wrote the divine name in the scrolls. Who Is Emanuel Tov? Emanuel Tov is the emeritus J. L. Magnes Professor of Biblical Studies at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.  Born in Holland during the Nazi occupation, he emigrated to Israel in 1961.  He earned his PhD at Hebrew University under the supervision of Shemaryahu Talmon and Frank Moore Cross.  Tov is perhaps best known for his work on the Dead Sea Scrolls. For almost 20 years he was editor-in-chief of the International Dead Sea Scrolls Project.  Under Tov’s guidance, the project published 33 volumes of DJD, Discoveries in the Judean Desert (Oxford).  He has also written on the textual criticism of the Old Testament (Hebrew and Greek, see below).  His wife, Lika, is a wonderful artist who creates art often imaging the Dead Sea Scrolls.  You can see her artwork at www.likatov.info. Emanuel and his wife have three children and four grandchildren.  The Divine Name in the Dead Sea Scrolls One feature of the Dead Sea Scrolls that fascinates scholars involves scribal habits.  That is, the way scribes copied and wrote the biblical and non-biblical scrolls at Qumran.  The scribes who wrote the scrolls had several unique habits.  One had to do with the ways they expressed the unspeakable, ineffable name of God.  Only a small percentage of the scrolls are written in Greek.  Most are written in Hebrew.  In this podcast Tov and Capes discuss how scribes wrote the divine names, especially YHWH, in the Greek  scrolls.  Resources Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible: Revised and Expanded Fourth Edition (2022) The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research (2015) More Resources For a transcript of this podcast, click here. Want more Stone Chapel Podcasts on some great topics? Just click here. You can get information on upcoming lectures at Lanier Theological Library by clicking here Subscribe to this podcast so you don’t miss any of the great conversations with scholars and church leaders from around the world. The post 177. The Divine Name in the DSS (Part 2) with Emanuel Tov first appeared on Lanier Theological Library.

Episode 176 The Divine Name in the DSS (Part 1) with Emanuel Tov For three months Emanuel Tov and his wife, Lika, have been resident at the Lanier Theological Library in  Houston (2023-24).  I cannot express what an honor it is to have them present in our library.  Every day Tov sits reading and studying in the alcove featuring the library of Florentino Garcia Martinez.  Professor Tov joined David Capes on The Stone Chapel Podcasts to talk about how scribes in the desert community of Qumran wrote the divine name in the scrolls. Who Is Emanuel Tov? Emanuel Tov is the emeritus J. L. Magnes Professor of Biblical Studies at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.  Born in Holland during the Nazi occupation, he emigrated to Israel in 1961.  He earned his PhD at Hebrew University under the supervision of Shemaryahu Talmon and Frank Moore Cross.  Tov is perhaps best known for his work on the Dead Sea Scrolls. For almost 20 years he was editor-in-chief of the International Dead Sea Scrolls Project.  Under Tov’s guidance, the project published 33 volumes of DJD, Discoveries in the Judean Desert (Oxford).  He has also written on the textual criticism of the Old Testament (Hebrew and Greek, see below).  His wife, Lika, is a wonderful artist who creates art often imaging the Dead Sea Scrolls.  You can see her artwork at www.likatov.info. Emanuel and his wife have three children and four grandchildren.  The Divine Name in the Dead Sea Scrolls One feature of the Dead Sea Scrolls that fascinates scholars involves scribal habits.  That is, the way scribes copied and wrote the biblical and non-biblical scrolls at Qumran.  The scribes who wrote the scrolls had several unique habits.  One had to do with the ways they expressed the unspeakable, ineffable name of God.  In this podcast Tov and Capes discuss how scribes wrote the divine names, especially YHWH, in the Hebrew scrolls.  In part two, they talk about the way the scribes represented the divine name in the Greek scrolls.  Resources Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible: Revised and Expanded Fourth Edition (2022) The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research (2015) More Resources Want more Stone Chapel Podcasts on some great topics? Just click here. You can get information on upcoming lectures at Lanier Theological Library by clicking here Subscribe to this podcast so you don’t miss any of the great conversations with scholars and church leaders from around the world. The post 176. The Divine Name in the DSS (Part 1) with Emanuel Tov first appeared on Lanier Theological Library.

The Christian Mind Project addresses the lack of and bias against evangelical Christians in higher education especially in the areas of social sciences. The post Episode 175 The Christian Mind Project, Christian Askeland first appeared on Lanier Theological Library.

How we read Scripture depends on our contextual perspective. Our worldviews shape how we read Scripture and what we find valuable and important. The post Episode 174 Reading Scripture in Africa with Liz Mburu first appeared on Lanier Theological Library.

Stetzer studies culture, knows most of the players in evangelicalism, especially in North America and has his finger on the pulse of its current state. The post Episode 173 The State of Evangelicalism USA with Ed Stetzer first appeared on Lanier Theological Library.

What is the gender of God? Is God male? Is God genderless or beyond gender? Does God contain the fullness of both genders? What does this mean for Christians? The post Episode 172 The Gender of God, Part 2 with Amy Peeler first appeared on Lanier Theological Library.

What is the gender of God? Is God male? Is God genderless or beyond gender? Does God contain the fullness of both genders? What does this mean to Christians? The post Episode 171 The Gender of God, Part 1 with Amy Peeler first appeared on Lanier Theological Library.

The book "Lord Jesus Christ" encourages evangelical churches to have a sufficient understanding of Jesus’ person and work, impacting other aspects of the Christian faith. The post Episode 170 “Lord Jesus Christ” with Dan Treier first appeared on Lanier Theological Library.

We Are All Evangelicals documents an oral history of black evangelicals, looking at the intersection of traditional black churches and the evangelical movement. The post Episode 169 “We Are All Evangelicals” with Vince Bacote” first appeared on Lanier Theological Library.

How do we frame AI systems that do the work we want but still remain good. The term Righteous AI is a way to view beneficial AI through the Christian lens. The post Episode 168 Righteous AI with Gretchen Huizinga first appeared on Lanier Theological Library.