I see it as a merely playful conversation between God and Moses, a
little bit of biblical banter. Moses asks the silly hypothetical
question:
ויאמר משה אל האלהים הנה אנכי בא אל בני
ישראל ואמרתי להם אלהי אבותיכם שלחני
אליכם ואמרו לי מה שמו מה אמר אלהם
"and Moses said unto God Behold when I come unto the children of
Israel and shall say unto them The God of your fathers hath sent me
unto you and they shall say to me what is his name what shall I say
unto them"
and he gets this tongue in cheek answer:
אהיה אשר אהיה
"I AM WHO I AM".
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Jan 3, 2013, at 4:42 AM, cornelis den hertog wrote:
why is this name Ehyeh used here?
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