[osis-core] Re: <divineName>

[Jim_Albright at wycliffe.org]

And this is the reason that XSEM has YHWH for this element.

Jim Albright
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Wycliffe Bible Translators






Patrick Durusau <Patrick.Durusau at sbl-site.org>
10/20/2004 08:33 AM

 
        To:     Chris Little <chrislit at crosswire.org>
        cc:     osis-core at bibletechnologieswg.org, Jim Albright 
<Jim_Albright at wycliffe.org>
        Subject:        <divineName>


Chris,

Jim Albright pointed out to me a post from some time ago where you took 
the position that <divineName> should only be used for YHWH, therefore 
there should be no type='ywhw'.

When Jim asked the question about usage, however, I pointed out that 
names for the Deity in the OT include: El Shaddai, Elohim, El Roi, El 
Olam, El Elyon (from memory, I think there are two or three more), which 
are variously translated in most translations to preserve the underlying 
textual differences.

As far as I know, only the Tetragrammaton is formatted differently. But 
most translations do distinguish the other names as well.

If we take the position that <divineName> is only used for YHWH, then 
<divineName> really should not have a type attribute.

Assuming that we can use <divineName> for all instances of names of the 
Deity, shouldn't we have an enumerated list for consistency's sake?

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Patrick

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