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.
क्योंकि इस तरह वे परमेश्‍वर के नाम और झूठे देवी - देवताओं के नाम में फर्क दिखाकर परमेश्‍वर के नाम को अहमियत देना चाहते थे ।