Capitalizing Sacred Words

Dr. Chris Heard, professor of Hebrew at Pepperdine University, said:

Style tip: capitalize “Biblical” if it’s part of a proper noun, as in “Biblical Hebrew.” Otherwise, don’t, as in “the biblical text.”

In response to a question on whether to capitalize words about Jesus someone else answered for him:

a Hebrew scholar, would not capitalize them, since there are no “sacred” pronouns in Hebrew.

Apparently this is coming up in multiple places in my life, as per the comments/question on Capitalizing God.

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