Should the Name Jehovah Appear in the New Testament?

DOES it matter whether God's name appears in the Bible? God obviously felt so. His name, as represented by the four Hebrew characters known as the Tetragrammaton, appears almost 7,000 times  in the original He brew text of what is commonly called the Old Testament.

Bible scholars acknowledge that God's personal name appears in the Old Testament, or Hebrew Scriptures. However, many feel that it did not appear in the original Greek manuscripts of the so-called New Testament.

What happens, then, when a writer of the New Testament quotes passages from the Old Testament in which the Tetragrammaton appears?  In these instances, most translators use the word "Lord" rather than God's personal name.  The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures does not follow this common practice. It uses the name Jehovah 237 times in the Christian Greek Scriptures, or New Testament.

What problems do Bible translators face when it comes to deciding whether to use God's name in the New Testament?  What basis is there for using God's name in this part of the Holy Scriptures?  And how does the use of God's name in the Bible affect you? 

Next time: Should the Name Jehovah Appear in the New Testament? -A Translation Problem

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