"MarYah deception" ???

[Aaron S]

Unfortunately this error has found its way into several so-called translations purporting to be most accurate. Don't waste your hard earned money on these anti-Jewish misrepresentations of our scriptures which will only weaken and undermine your faith with false doctrines setting you back and causing you to stumble on your spiritual journey.

The fact that this is very new translation theory which does not appear to have been heard of or recorded anywhere before this century, reveals that it was not entertained by the Jewish or Natzari community previously nor currently.

Theology that does not resonate with orthodox Judaism is false theology.

Really? He is willing to throw good translational scholarship away due to a translator's using YHWH? and then call it anti-Jewish? Sounds kind of rash to me...

I think he should try building a more impartial argument if he wants to be heard. Whether marya is to be understood as Mar Yah or as a euphemism for YHWH, the fact is that it does direct us to YHWH; this cannot be denied... so why should one ruffle feathers about it?

I agree though that it is relevant with respect to faithfulness to the source text, but the disclosure/restoration of the name YHWH where it clearly is or ought to be is by no means condemnable.