Teaching #1

The book of Psalms is the book most commonly used by the Rastafarians today because it mentions the name JAH, and this is where we get the term "JAH RASTAFARI!"

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The other books that mention the name JAH are Exodus 6:3 and Isaiah 12:2, 26:4. Make note that Isaiah 12:2 says, "For the Lord YAH JEHOVAH (YAHUMA) is my strength and my song," which makes it clear that the name YAH and YAHUWA are one and the same.

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Although there are different groups of RASTAFARIANS, we all believe in JAH RASTAFARI! from JAH or YAH which is mentioned in the book of Psalms (68:4, 83:18, etc.) and we all use the book of Psalms.

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The title of this book, Psalms, in Aramic Hebrew is Mizmor meaning "song" or "poem" and comes from the root word Zamar meaning "to sing" or "sing praise". In the Hebrew bible, the Aramic (Hebrew) title for this book is Tehillim meaning "praises" and comes from the Aramic Hebrew root word Halal meaning "to praise". The rabbinical literature refers to the book of Psalms as Sepher Tehillim. The Septuagint (a Greek translation of the Old Testament made in the 3rd century BC) names it "The Psaltry" from where the vulgate (the latin translation of the bible made by Saint Jerome at the end of the 4th century AD, now used in a revised form as the Roman Catholic authorized version) gets its name Psalterium Liber Psalmorum from. The English call this book The Psalter which is "a stringed instrument or a harp" which is where the middle English get their title Psalter. This book is one of the most commonly used books of the bible. The Ashuric/Syriac (Arabic) word used for Psalms is Alzubuwr, or "the Psalms of Dawiyd". The word comes from the Ashuric/Syriac (Arabic) root words Zabara meaning "to inscribe or engrave upon stones; to create a writing or book firmly, skillfully or well", Zibrun meaning "a writing", and Zabuwrun meaning "a writing". It also comes from the root word Zabara meaning "to scold". The word Psalms in Hebrew, Syriac and Ithiopic has the same meaning of "a song or chant". There were various other men who wrote the sections of this book and out of the 150 titles of Psalms, only 73 were written by the prophet David. But since the majority of the book of Psalms were given to David, it's called the book of David just as the Torah is called the book of Moses when he only received the laws (exodus leviticus).

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