Paeter mentioned his mentor wanting a "Yahweh" version of the Bible in the most recent podcast.
For those who aren't aware, every time you see "the LORD" (with LORD all in caps) in the Old Testament, that's actually the name YHWH or Yahweh in the original Hebrew.
There's reasons why we've substituted the personal name of God, Yahweh, with LORD in English Bibles. But I don't think we were correct to do so. (Although I understand why.... and we could discuss those reasons if anyone is terribly interested.)
There is, however, a great and accurate translation that actually uses the name Yahweh throughout the Old Testament: The HCSB (Holman Christian Standard Bible).
I've been reading and preaching from this version for about four years now and I love it for it's accuracy (yes... I do use the original Hebrew and Greek texts in my sermon prep) and for it's readability.
It doesn't translate Yahweh every single time. And I think they were wise to do this. For the simple reason that the average man on the street or in the pew doesn't recognize the name Yahweh. (In fact, I'm preaching through Genesis right now... and I usually add at least one aside whenever I mention Yahweh.)
Here's a couple of videos the publisher put out.
Full Disclosure - I am an ordained Southern Baptist pastor who graduated with an M.Div. from the evangelically-minded, inter-denominational seminary, Talbot School of Theology (part of Biola University)
For those who aren't aware, every time you see "the LORD" (with LORD all in caps) in the Old Testament, that's actually the name YHWH or Yahweh in the original Hebrew.
There's reasons why we've substituted the personal name of God, Yahweh, with LORD in English Bibles. But I don't think we were correct to do so. (Although I understand why.... and we could discuss those reasons if anyone is terribly interested.)
There is, however, a great and accurate translation that actually uses the name Yahweh throughout the Old Testament: The HCSB (Holman Christian Standard Bible).
I've been reading and preaching from this version for about four years now and I love it for it's accuracy (yes... I do use the original Hebrew and Greek texts in my sermon prep) and for it's readability.
It doesn't translate Yahweh every single time. And I think they were wise to do this. For the simple reason that the average man on the street or in the pew doesn't recognize the name Yahweh. (In fact, I'm preaching through Genesis right now... and I usually add at least one aside whenever I mention Yahweh.)
Here's a couple of videos the publisher put out.
Full Disclosure - I am an ordained Southern Baptist pastor who graduated with an M.Div. from the evangelically-minded, inter-denominational seminary, Talbot School of Theology (part of Biola University)