It might come as a surprise, then, to learn that in his recent book Jesus of Nazareth, Pope Benedict XVI had this to say concerning the use of the divine name: “The Israelites were... perfectly right in refusing to utter this self - designation of God, expressed in the word YHWH, so as to avoid degrading it to the level of names of pagan deities.
त्याने म्हटले: “YHWH या अक्षरांनी सूचित केले जाणारे नाव देवाने स्वतःला संबोधण्याकरता वापरले होते.