The Names of God

Outline

• The Names of God in General
• The Difficulty of Naming God
• A Broad Understanding of God’s Names
• Old Testament Names and Their Meaning
  • ’El, ’Elohim, and ’Elyon
  • ’Adonai
  • Shaddai and ’El-Shaddai
  • Yahweh and Yahweh Tsebaoth
• New Testament Names and Their Interpretation
  • Theos
  • Kurios
  • Pater

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Louis Berkhof was born in the Netherlands in 1873, where his family was part of the Christian Reformed Church. In 1881, his family immigrated to Grand Rapids, in the United States. Berkhof studied at Calvin College, Calvin Seminary, and then at Princeton Seminary. From 1906 to 1944, Berkhof was professor of theology at Calvin Theological Seminary. He wrote extensively on Reformed theology. Louis Berkhof died in 1957.