'Magination in the Middle: Exodus 3:14
In his translation of Exodus 3:14, Victor Alexander does not offer a word-for-word rendering of the Aramaic words Ahiyeh Ashur hiyeh, commonly expressed in English as "I AM THAT I AM." I notice that in Story of Jesus From His Own Words (p. 23), Alexander does have a word-for-word translation: "The Life-Giver Lighting [the fire of] Life," or in literal Aramaic: "The Creator Kindled Life."
(Alexander's notes on the meaning of Ahiyeh Ashur hiyeh in Exodus: *3:14 Lit. Aramaic: (1) "Ahiyeh": "the One Who Comes in His Coming," the absolute sense of "the One Who Comes." (2) "Ashur": "the Beginning Spark that kindles the Fire" or "the Light." (3) "Hiyeh": "His Coming." (4) "Ahiyeh" and "hiyeh" are related forms of the same word. They mean more than "the Coming." They signify also the "Eternal Presence," "the Ever-Present," and the "Never Ceasing Intent of the Comer to Come." (5) In the same way, "Ashur" signifies "the Uncreated Creator who Creates Everything from Nothing." (6) Also, "Ashur" signifies: "Above-the-Flames.")
In this God is explaining who he is -- what It is -- the Life-giver lighting [the fire of] life. Please note that God does not say that he is the Life-giver per se; he says he is the Life-giver LIGHTING life. He is the verb, the action of the Life-giver lighting life. This action is in the Aramaic Ashur, the Creator God of the Assyrians and of the most ancient Hebrews (Abraham was an Assyrian). I contend that Ashur is in reality what we call imagination, the imagination of the Ineffable.
Imagination is the initiating "spark" that kindles the fire of creation. Nothing comes into being without being imagined first, not by man but by God. This is who or what God is: the Creator kindled Life -- imagination!
A) It is a verb: LIGHTING.
B) Assuming that Lighting refers to imagination, the Life-Giver is imagining, and the resultant Life is imagination. It is imagination from beginning to end!!
C) There is constant transition, as hayah (root of ahiyeh and hiyeh) means becoming.
D) 'God' is not the Life-Giver per se; God is the Life-Giver's ACTION of lighting [the fire of] Life. I.e., Imagination imagining imagination! This is what we are to do below like above.
E) Hiyeh must correspond to Jethro, the question Moses had in mind when he encountered God. Divine Life is the remaining Excellence of the Life-Giver's imagining.
(Alexander's notes on the meaning of Ahiyeh Ashur hiyeh in Exodus: *3:14 Lit. Aramaic: (1) "Ahiyeh": "the One Who Comes in His Coming," the absolute sense of "the One Who Comes." (2) "Ashur": "the Beginning Spark that kindles the Fire" or "the Light." (3) "Hiyeh": "His Coming." (4) "Ahiyeh" and "hiyeh" are related forms of the same word. They mean more than "the Coming." They signify also the "Eternal Presence," "the Ever-Present," and the "Never Ceasing Intent of the Comer to Come." (5) In the same way, "Ashur" signifies "the Uncreated Creator who Creates Everything from Nothing." (6) Also, "Ashur" signifies: "Above-the-Flames.")
In this God is explaining who he is -- what It is -- the Life-giver lighting [the fire of] life. Please note that God does not say that he is the Life-giver per se; he says he is the Life-giver LIGHTING life. He is the verb, the action of the Life-giver lighting life. This action is in the Aramaic Ashur, the Creator God of the Assyrians and of the most ancient Hebrews (Abraham was an Assyrian). I contend that Ashur is in reality what we call imagination, the imagination of the Ineffable.
Imagination is the initiating "spark" that kindles the fire of creation. Nothing comes into being without being imagined first, not by man but by God. This is who or what God is: the Creator kindled Life -- imagination!
A) It is a verb: LIGHTING.
B) Assuming that Lighting refers to imagination, the Life-Giver is imagining, and the resultant Life is imagination. It is imagination from beginning to end!!
C) There is constant transition, as hayah (root of ahiyeh and hiyeh) means becoming.
D) 'God' is not the Life-Giver per se; God is the Life-Giver's ACTION of lighting [the fire of] Life. I.e., Imagination imagining imagination! This is what we are to do below like above.
E) Hiyeh must correspond to Jethro, the question Moses had in mind when he encountered God. Divine Life is the remaining Excellence of the Life-Giver's imagining.
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