Jul 31, 2020 · In his article “The Face of Yahweh?” published in the Fall 2020 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Yosef Garfinkel of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem reveals the head of an anthropomorphic male figurine excavated from the site of Khirbet Qeiyafa in the Kingdom of Judah. The head dates to the tenth century B.C.E.—the time of King David.

Mar 29, 2023 · It only insists that seeing YHWH—and more specifically, YHWH’s face—is deadly: שׁמות לג:כ וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא תוּכַל לִרְאֹת אֶת פָּנָי כִּי לֹא יִרְאַנִי הָאָדָם וָחָי.

Nov 1, 2014 · “Your sins have separated between you and YHWH, and your chet (sins) have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear,” Isaiah 59:2. Chet is the distance we place between our neshamah and our Creator as we miss the mark of the Scriptures.

Feb 17, 2025 · For Yosef Garfinkel, head of the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, what he found during an inspection of 3,000-year-old artifacts may have been the ‘face of God.’ But other archaeologists aren’t so sure about his claims.

The Bible describes YHWH as glowing (kabod), and YHWH’s heat as melting mountains, imagery connected with volcano gods, the divine patrons of metalworkers such as the Kenites, who lived in the Negev region. Indeed, the description of Israel’s encounter with YHWH at Sinai portrays a volcanic eruption, with smoke “as if from a furnace ...

Jan 1, 2019 · When Moses asks God his name, God first answers by saying “I am what I am” and even follows this up with “tell them Ehyeh (I-Am) sent you.” The word ehyeh (“I am”) sounds very much like YHWH, and is meant as a play on words, explaining that YHWH’s name means “he …

Jun 17, 2024 · When Jacob met Yahweh at Peniel, Jacob said, “I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved” (Genesis 32:30). Because Moses had a personal relationship with Yahweh, “Yahweh would talk to Moses face to face, as a …

Nov 22, 2017 · And the angel of Yahweh went from his sight. And Gideon realized that he was the angel of Yahweh; and Gideon said, ‘Oh, my lord Yahweh! For now I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face.’ And Yahweh said to him, ‘Peace be with you. Do not fear; you will not die.’

In Deut 4:12, Yahweh’s physical appearance is left unspecified: “Then the Lord spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form; there was only a voice” (italics added). The verse implies that Yahweh has an unseen form or has no appearance at all.

YHWH or YHVH is the Hebrew name with which God identified Himself to Moses on Mount Horeb (Exodus 3:14). The sacred tetragrammaton, pronounced as Yahweh, consists of 4 consonants and means: " I AM WHO I AM " or " I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE ".