The 1962 Jewish Publication Society translation of the Torah despaired of coming up with an accurate rendition, and just left the words in their Hebrew original” (Jewish Literacy, pp. 47-48). To a Jewish scholar like Telushkin, the most precise rendering ofehyeh-asher-ehyehis “I shall be what I shall be.” And he is not alone in this view. Wayne Grudem, a Protestant theologian, translated God’s name similar to Telushkin’s understanding. He reasons:
Hindi ba ang ENGLISH ng “AWTORIDAD” ay “AUTHORITY” samakatuwid ang pinahihiwatig [wala namang nakalagay na pahiwatig lamang iyon ni Gibbons eh, guni-guni mo lang iyon, direct statement iyan ni Gibbons hindi pahiwatig lang] ayon sa iyo FLEWEN ay ang nasasakop ng PAPA bilang kaniyang AWTORIDAD na sa English nga ay “AUTHORITY”…