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PText: LEfforts 
to 
find 
the 
origins 
and 
significance 
of 
the 
Hebrew 
divine 
names 
in other 
ancient 
Near 
Eastern 
cultures 
have 
yielded 
generally 
disappointing results. 
One 
of 
the 
major 
reasons 
for 
this 
is 
that 
the 
ancient 
Hebrew 
theology invested 
these 
names 
with 
a 
uniqueness 
that 
renders 
investigation 
outside 
the narratives 
of 
the 
OT 
incapable 
of 
exploring 
fully 
their 
historical 
and
religious 
significance. ┌Basic 
to 
ancient 
Hebrew 
religion 
is 
the 
concept 
of 
divine 
revelation. 
While God 
is 
conceived 
of 
as 
revealing 
his 
attributes 
and 
will 
in 
a 
number 
of 
ways 
in 
the 
OT, 
one 
of 
the 
most 
theologically 
significant 
modes 
of 
the 
divine self-disclosure 
is 
the 
revelation 
inherent 
in 
the 
names 
of 
God. bThis 
aspect 
of 
divine 
revelation 
is 
established 
in 
the 
words 
of 
Exod. 
6:3, 
"I appeared 
to 
Abraham, 
to 
Isaac 
and 
to 
Jacob, 
as 
God 
Almighty, 
but 
by 
my 
name 
the 
Lord 
[Yahweh] 
I 
did 
not 
make 
myself 
known 
to 
them." 
According 
to 
classical literary 
criticism, 
the 
verse 
teaches 
that 
the 
name 
Yahweh 
was 
unknown 
to 
the patriarchs. 
Thus, 
an 
ideological 
conflict 
exists 
between 
the 
Priestly 
author ╔═N╗║ Here 
is 
more 
information 
on 
"the 
Names 
of 
God" 
from 
Elwell's 
Theological ║║ Dictionary. There 
are 
several 
more 
screens 
just 
on 
this 
one 
topic. ║║ N║╚═N╝appellative. 
The 
reason 
for 
this 
is 
that 
Moses 
asks 
in 
Exod. 
3:13, 
"What 
is 
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