To Be or Not to Be: A Reexamination of Name Language in Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomistic History

Abstract

Abstract Advocates of name theology have long argued that Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomistic History relocate YHWH from the temple to heaven, putting the name in his place, as either a forwarding station for prayer or some form of substitute presence. In recent years, this position has come under particular scrutiny. Rather than rejecting the traditional theory outright, the present article posits an important corrective through a reexamination of the name language in context. In sum, the Deuteronomistic innovation lies not in absenting God from earth, but in leaving the exact nature and extent of his presence on earth ambiguous.

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