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What’s in a name? In Genesis, everything

Theologians have long debated even the significance of the name for God

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Feb 12, 2024
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Painting of an angel and man wrestling.
“The Fight of Jacob with the Angel” by Eugène Delacroix at the Church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris. Image via Wikimedia Commons. CC ASA 4.0 International license.

In Genesis, names are everything. Sometimes they are just plain interesting linguistically, sometimes they describe the characters, and sometimes they tell parts of the story.

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