Thursday, December 14, 2023

Robert Sungenis (Catholic) on Exodus 6:3

In a recent paper answering some purported biblical contradictions, Catholic apologist Robert Sungenis provided an interpretation of Exo 6:3 that mirrors that of Joseph Smith in the JST:

 

God’s name

 

Genesis 22:14- Abraham knows the name of God and names a place after it. Exodus 6:3- God says He definitely didn’t share his name before Moses

 

R. Sungenis: This is a common mistake, that is, to make Exodus 6:3 an indicative sentence, but it is actually an interrogative rhetorical sentence, e.g., “Did they not know my name Yahweh?” They certainly did since the name Yahweh starts at Genesis 2:4 and is repeated dozens of times up to and including Abraham. (Robert Sungenis, "15 Alleged Bible Contradictions from an Atheist," copy in my possession, pp. 8-9)

 

For more, see, for e.g., Francis I. Andersen, The Sentence in Biblical Hebrew (Janua Linguarum Studia Memoriae Nicolai Van Wijk Dedicata, Series Practica 231; The Hague: Mouton Publishers, 1974), 101-2