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'Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine' [16min]

In his new book, Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine, Yale professor and literary critic Harold Bloom wrestles with the meaning of God's covenant with the Hebrew people. Bloom discusses his own troubled feelings about the Hebrew God Yahweh with Debbie Elliott. He maintains that Yahweh is not the same persona as God the Father of the Christian Trinity, and that neither is the same persona as the Allah of Islam.
Read entire article at NPR "All Things Considered"