Frank Edward Shaw is a retired professor and the originator of the theory that there was no single original form of writing of the name of God in the Greek Bible, instead of Ιαω, transliterations in square Hebrew characters, in paleo-Hebrew characters, Greek characteres ΠΙΠΙ, Θεὀς or, contrary to the more common opinion, of an original κύριος.
Life
Education
In 1985, Shaw earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Diego State University. In 1990, he earned a Master of Arts degree from San Francisco State University. As of 2002, Shaw holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Cincinnati, with the dissertation The Earliest Non-mystical Jewish Use of Iαω, under the tutelage of Getzel Cohen.
Teaching
Shaw is currently a retired professor. He previously taught at the University of North Dakota, Ball State University, Xavier University in Cincinnati, the University of Dayton, Earlham College, Wright State University, and Ashland University.