There is a TV program here in the US done by a man -- probably a Jew who converted to Christianity -- and it has a very Jewish flavor. Often he appears in Jewish religious garb and speaks of the fulfilment of Old Testament prophecies by Jesus. Many of his programs are filmed in the Holy Land. His apparent purpose is to teach Christianity to Jews.
Last week on his program he criticized an ad that ran in the NY Times in which the ad proponents were saying that more inter-religious understanding was required. It had at the top in bold, GOD-YAHWEH-ALLAH and said that these were merely different names used by Jews, Christians and Muslims for the one God. It was a call for peace and understanding. The TV speaker said that there is *no relation* between God and Yahweh on the one hand, and Allah on the other. He said it again for emphasis -- no relation, that "Allah" is someone "completely different". For centuries Arab Christians have been praying in the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem, and the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth. My question is, haven't they -- Catholics and other Christian denominations -- been calling on God with the Arabic word "Allah?" Aren't they doing so today? Isn't the priest at Mass in those basilicas speaking to "Allah"? I plan to use this in a talk and would like confirmation that Arab Christians in the Holy Land are praying to God by the name Allah; and that in the current Arabic translations of the Bible by such mainstream Bible publishers as the Nelson Bible publishing company, the Old and New Testaments are replete with references to "Allah." I know that in some places in the Bible God is referred to by other names such as Lord, Jehovah, Jah, Elohim, and so on; the same is true in English language translations of the Bible, and I am not referring to these instances. Thanks Brent ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
