Frank E. Shaw Explained

Frank Edward Shaw is a retired professor and the originator of the theory that there was no single original form of writing of the name of God in the Greek Bible, instead of Ιαω, transliterations in square Hebrew characters, in paleo-Hebrew characters, Greek characteres ΠΙΠΙ, Θεὀς or, contrary to the more common opinion, of an original κύριος.

Life

Education

In 1985, Shaw earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Diego State University. In 1990, he earned a Master of Arts degree from San Francisco State University. As of 2002, Shaw holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Cincinnati, with the dissertation The Earliest Non-mystical Jewish Use of Iαω, under the tutelage of Getzel Cohen.

Teaching

Shaw is currently a retired professor. He previously taught at the University of North Dakota, Ball State University, Xavier University in Cincinnati, St. Francis Xavier University, the University of Dayton, Earlham College, Wright State University, and Ashland University.

Views

Frank demonstrated that the trigramaton ιαω was widely used among Jews of the Second Temple period and early Christians in the era before the First Council of Nicaea. Shaw also establishes that the ιαω was used by the Jews up to the common era, and that there is no single original form of the Tetragrammaton in the Septuagint, focusing primarily on refuting the originality of Kurios held by Albert Pietersma, Larry J. Perkins and Martin Rösel. A. R. Meyer states:

Works

Thesis

• Shaw. Frank Edward. 2002. The Earliest Non-mystical Jewish Use of Iαω. PhD dissertation, University of Cincinnati.

Books

• Book: Shaw, Frank Edward. 2014. The Earliest Non-mystical Jewish Use of Iαω. Peeters Publishers. Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology. 70. Lovaina. 978-90-429-2978-4. 1044478987.

Articles

• Encyclopedia: Shaw. Frank Edward. Edward. Kessler. Neil. Wenborn. 2005-12-19. Tetragrammaton. A Dictionary of Jewish-Christian Relations. Cambridge University Press. 9780521826921.
• Shaw. F.. 3. 2016-10-29. Tetragrammaton: Western Christians and the Hebrew Name of God. From the Beginnings to the Seventeenth Century. By Robert J. Wilkinson. Pp. xii + 587. (Studies in the History of Christian Traditions, 179.) Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2015. ISBN 978 90 04 28462 3. €199/$277.. The Journal of Theological Studies. Oxford University Press (OUP). 67. 2. 759–762. 26368358. 10.1093/jts/flw193. free.
• 3. Three Developments in New Testament Textual Criticism: Wettlaufer, Houghton and Jongkind(-Williams). Frank. Shaw. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism. 14. 2018. 114–115.
• 3. The transition of law from non-mystical to mystical use and its implications for scholarship. Frank. Shaw. Biblische Notizenthis. 2018. 176. 65–87.

Sources

• Becking. Bob. Review of Frank Shaw, The Earliest Non-Mystical Jewish Use of Ιαω. Theologische Literaturzeitung. 2016. 11.
• Book: Farnes. Alan Taylor. Runia. David T.. Mackie. Scott D.. 2022-05-20. Notes on Contributors. Ancient Texts, Papyri, and Manuscripts. Studies in Honor of James R. Royse. Brill. 9789004465732. https://books.google.com/books?id=yghyEAAAQBAJ&pg=PR12.
• Book: Fontaine, Didier Mickaël. English Review of F. Shaw, The Earliest Non-Mystical Jewish Use of Ιαω. 2014.
• Meyer. Anthony R.. Review: Shaw, Frank, The Earliest Non-Mystical Jewish Use of Ιαω (Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology, 70; Leuven/Paris/Walpole, Mass.: Peeters, 2014). Pp. x + 431. Hardcover. €60.00. 978-90-429-2978-4.. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures. 16. 2016. 10.5508/jhs.2016.v16.r6. 1203-1542. 807285611. free.
• Book: Meyer, Anthony R.. 2022-10-10. YHWH Adrift and the Quest of Modern Scholars. Naming God in Early Judaism: Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek. 2. Studies in Cultural Contexts of the Bible. Brill I Schoeningh. 978-3-657-70350-0. 10.30965/9783657703500_003. 17–52.
• Kessler . Edward . Wenborn . Neil . 2005 . List of contributors . A Dictionary of Jewish-Christian Relations . New York . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-82692-1 .
• Book: Rösel, Martin. Martin Rösel

. Martin Rösel. The Reading and Translation of the Divine Name in the Masoretic Tradition and the Greek Pentateuch – with an Appendix: Frank Shaw's Book on ΙΑΩ. Tradition and Innovation: English and German Studies on the Septuagint. Septuagint and Cognate Studies. 70. SBL Press. 2018. 9780884143246. https://books.google.com/books?id=3tdvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA295. 291–315.

• Book: Runia, D. T.. 2011. 20291. F. Shaw, The Earliest Non-mystical Jewish Use of Iαω (diss. University of Cincinnati 2002).. Philo of Alexandria: An Annotated Bibliography 1997-2006. 109. Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae : texts and studies of early Christian life and language. BRILL. 9789004210806. https://books.google.com/books?id=WrhbwyQawYQC&pg=PA229.
• Troxel. Ronald L.. Ronald L. Troxel. F. Shaw, The Earliest Non-Mystical Jewish Use of Ιαω (Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology; Leuven: Peeters, 2015). Henoch. 38. 1. 2016. 128–131.