AmityMama.com - View Single Post - Pls forgive my ignorance, but why do people write "G-d" rather than God?

11-08-2001, 10:53 PM

A long time ago I studied that and if I remember correctly it has to do with the holiness of God. Just to write out G-O-D would be irreverent, therefore people would leave the "O" out and write G-D. I had understood that to be inherantly Jewish.

My understanding on that could be wrong though and it's been a very long time since I "looked" into it.

Susan

11-08-2001, 10:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
MrsV Posts: n/a	Re: Pls forgive my ignorance, but why do people write "G-d" rather than God? A long time ago I studied that and if I remember correctly it has to do with the holiness of God. Just to write out G-O-D would be irreverent, therefore people would leave the "O" out and write G-D. I had understood that to be inherantly Jewish. My understanding on that could be wrong though and it's been a very long time since I "looked" into it. Susan