The Revised Standard Version of the Bible, authorized by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States, says in its preface: “The use of any proper name for the one and only God, as though there were other gods from whom he had to be distinguished, was discontinued in Judaism before the Christian era and is entirely inappropriate for the universal faith of the Christian Church. ”
لاحِظ ما ذكرته التوسِفْتا ،‏ مجموعة من الشرائع الشفهية انتهى تدوينها بحلول سنة ٣٠٠ ب‌م تقريبا ،‏ عن احراق المقاومين للكتابات المسيحية :‏ « لا تُنقَذ من الحريق اسفار الانجيليين و المينيم ‏ [وهم على ما يُظن المسيحيون من اصل يهودي] .‏