Yes, God has a name, but you’ll seldom see it in most Bibles

It was once considered too sacred to say out loud

“Moses vor dem brennenden Dornbusch” by Gebhard Fugel, circa 1920, on display at the Diözesanmuseum Freising. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

The God of Christians and Jews has a name, but you’ll have a hard time finding it in most English-language Bibles.

That’s because Jews starting sometime before the time of Christ saw God’s name as too sacred to pr…