Theos-Talk Archives (August 2004 Message tt00127)

Andrew Smith wrote:
> There may be a Yahweh in mythology. Maybe we'll live to see him 
> starring in his own action series, like Hercules. However, "Hashem" 
> is not a name, but a pseudonym for YHVH, that the Jews use in their 
> prayer books. "Ha-Shem" means simply, "The Name." I have no problem 
> with that. Remember the "Baal Hashem" of Chaddidism? It 
> meant "Master (Baal) of the Good Name." "Shem" is Aramaic/Hebrew 
> for "Name."
Baal Shem Tov (adjective goes after the noun; "tov" means "good").

The names "Jehovah" and "Yahweh" were originated by non-Jews in 
post-Christian times.

This clouds Blavatsky's description in THE SECRET DOCTRINE, which, if 
one forgets the problem with names, makes the logical conjecture that a 
deva that attached itself to the Jewish people tried to communicate the 
truth, but the Jews confused the deva with the Unity it was describing.

Bart