The Tetragram and the New Testament Author(s): George Howard Source: Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 96, No. 1 (Mar., 1977), pp. 63-83 Published by: The Society of Biblical Literature Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3265328 Accessed: 15-09-2017 17:20 UTC REFERENCES Linked references are available on JSTOR for this article: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3265328?seq=1&cid=pdf-reference#references_tab_contents You may need to log in to JSTOR to access the linked references. JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://about.jstor.org/terms The Society of Biblical Literature is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Journal of Biblical Literature This content downloaded from 93.26.239.69 on Fri, 15 Sep 2017 17:20:06 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms JBL 96/1 (1977) 63-83 THE TETRAGRAM AND THE NEW TESTAMENT GEORGE HOWARD THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GA 30602 ECENT discoveries in Egypt and the Judean Desert allow us to see first R hand the use of God's name in pre-Christian times. These discoveries are significant for NT studies in that they form a literary analogy with the earliest Christian documents and may explain how NT authors used the divine name.