"the commandments and requirements of the Lord" [Luke 1:6], "the temple of the Lord" [Luke 1:9] and "an angel of the Lord" [Luke 1:11]. This title exclusively refers to God. It would be quite ...

Elsewhere in Luke 1, the title "Lord" refers to God, e.g. "an angel of the Lord" [Luke 1:11]. It should be noted that the name YHWH, being too sacred, could not be uttered, so the Hebrews said ...

This discrepancy between human and angelic perspectives plays a central role in Chazal’s account of the giving of the Torah, ...