tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424038.post116862586113124510..comments2023-11-16T18:28:45.786+08:00Comments on Rambling Librarian :: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian: Will libraries have to resort to SMS-speak too?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424038.post-56951345044849553182007-01-19T12:06:00.000+08:002007-01-19T12:06:00.000+08:00That's interesting to know Jennifer! Its fascinat...That's interesting to know Jennifer! Its fascinating to learn about the cultural and religious implications for the omission of vowels in this case. I know for sure that God's name is treated with utmost relevance in Jewish communities. In the Bible, it is also stated that God's name has a very high degree of reverence and honour. <br /><br />Interestingly, they use the Word as a replacement for Jesus. ie in John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15583607062793779274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424038.post-42168471225909680462007-01-19T00:53:00.000+08:002007-01-19T00:53:00.000+08:00Actually liturgical Hebrew (and its predecessor Ar...Actually liturgical Hebrew (and its predecessor Aramaic) were traditionally written without vowels. For example, the Torah scrolls in your local synagogue have no vowels. This is why kids studying for bar/bat mitzvahs tend to memorize their Torah portions...if they got lost while reading directly from the Torah, it'd be really hard to find their place again.<br /><br />You might be thinking of the more recent tradition of spelling "God" with a dash for the O. This is partly for respect, and partly because any piece of paper with God's name on it has to be disposed of in a special way according to Jewish tradition. So if you didn't fully spell out the word, you didn't have to worry about separating the piece of paper out for special disposal.Elianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609138314607962471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424038.post-65422823146486481102007-01-17T23:43:00.000+08:002007-01-17T23:43:00.000+08:00Well actually in the old testament days, the name ...Well actually in the old testament days, the name of God was spelled Y_hw_h (for Yahweh). The vowels were omitted out of respect for His name (I think). The similarities with modern day SMS-speak is quite uncanny isn't it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15583607062793779274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424038.post-76638862227814986952007-01-14T16:32:00.000+08:002007-01-14T16:32:00.000+08:00I believe the verse quoted is John 10;10. The King...I believe the verse quoted is John 10;10. The King James version reads; "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com