Fuller Fear

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge.  Proverbs 1:7  NASB Fear – Last year (October 2, 2011) we examined Moses Luzzatto’s insight into the meaning of yirat adonai (YHWH).  Ira Stone commented on Luzzatto’s examination.  It’s worth reading again: “It should by now be clear that the term yirat Ha-Shem [yirat adonai] cannot simply…

The Fear of the Lord

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

And he said to the man, “One is the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom . .”  Job 28:28  Rabbinic Midrash translation One is – What is yirat adonai?  What does “the fear of the Lord” mean in your life?  If the fear of the Lord is the foundation of all His instructions to…