Jewish Studies
Wolfgang Fauth
Jao-Jahwe und seine Engel
Jahwe-Appellationen und zugehörige Engelnamen in griechischen und koptischen Zaubertexten
[Jao-Yahweh and His Angels. Names for Yahweh and Corresponding Angels' Names in Greek and Coptic Magical Texts.]
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Published in German.
Wolfgang Fauth selects several variants of Yahweh, the Jewish name for God, in Greek and Coptic magical texts, among them primarily the graphical form J/Iao. He deals with their morphological characteristics and their expansion or replacement by other names, and shows how these were supplemented by the comprehensive source of Jewish-Hebrew angels' names along with Yahweh's change of status from an angel to an absolute ruler (Pantocrator). From the nominal contact with Greco-Egyptian gods and the personal fusion with Jesus Christ, there emerges a complex image of Jao-Yahweh.