In die Skriflig / In Luce Verbi, “Rendering the Divine Name in Romans 10:13”
“There are no extant Greek New Testament manuscripts that contain the Tetragrammaton in Hebrew or Greek characters, and the multiplication of late Hebrew versions carries little weight. The Greek corpus of New Testament manuscripts and all early versions fail to yield an original New Testament Tetragrammaton, and the J versions offer little extra.”
A peer-reviewed, open-access article evaluating George Howard's 1977 hypothesis — the hypothesis on which the New World Translation's practice partly rests — through the test case of Romans 10:13. The authors conclude: 'An original Tetragrammaton lacks documentary and contextual support in Romans 10:13.'
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Provenance and verification note for In die Skriflig / In Luce Verbi, Rendering the Divine Name in Romans 10:13
Confidence note. The full text of the article was opened on scielo.org.za on 19 September 2026 and the quoted sentences read in context. The journal is peer-reviewed and open access; the article carries a DOI.
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Notes. The article is written from a confessional Reformed standpoint, which the site should say plainly when citing it. Its factual statement about the manuscript corpus is not in dispute among textual critics, including those who are sympathetic to Howard.
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-nwtv-span-2020