God in Judaism (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The conception of God in Judaism is monotheistic. The God of Israel was known principally by the name YHWH in the Hebrew Bible. This name is sometimes vocalized theoretically by scholars as Yahweh. The title for the God of Israel most often used in the Hebrew Bible, is Elohim, which is the generic Northwest Semitic term for "god," El, though plural forms of El, such as elim and the diminutive elilim, are found in the Bible. Jewish tradition holds that YHWH is the most personal and holy name of the God who created the world, delivered Israel from Egypt and gave the Ten Commandments. Ancient Hebrew had no written vowels, only consonants. Vowels were supplied by an oral tradition. This word is known as the Tetragrammaton-literally, "the four letters." There is much debate over which vowels this name originally carried.