신명기 28:58의 유대 사상

Out of honor for G-d, one is obligated to guard from everything that might lead to making an oath in the name of the blessed Creator, whether to confirm truth or refute false, and all the more so to confirm false or refute truth, as written: "He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not taken My name in vain and has not sworn deceitfully" (Tehilim 24:4), and "to fear this glorious and awesome Name, the L-ord, your G-d" (Devarim 28:58), and "But unto you that fear My Name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings" (Malachi 3:20), and our sages said: "this refers to men who are afraid of uttering G-d's name unnecessarily" (Nedarim 8b).

Since it is impossible to form a representation of Him with the intellect or picture Him with the imagination, we find that Scripture ascribes most of its praises to the "Name" of G-d, as written: "And they shall bless Your glorious Name" (Nehemiah 9:5), and "that you may fear this glorious and revered Name" (Deut. 28:58), and "Let them praise Your Name, great and revered" (Ps. 99:3), and "of My Name he was afraid" (Malachi 2:5), and "But unto you that fear My Name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings" (Malachi 3:20), and "Sing unto G-d, sing praises to His Name, extol Him that rides upon the skies, whose Name is the L-ord" (Ps. 68:5).

This idea is confirmed in Scripture: it is distinctly stated that one sole thing, fear of God, is the object of the whole Law with its affirmative and negative precepts, its promises and its historical examples, for it is said, “If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this Law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, the Lord thy God,” etc. (Deut. 28:58). This is one of the two purposes of the ‘akedah (sacrifice or binding of Isaac).