{"id":3667,"date":"2008-06-15T23:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-15T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/whispering-the-doctors-name\/"},"modified":"2008-06-15T23:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-15T23:15:00","slug":"whispering-the-doctors-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/whispering-the-doctors-name.html","title":{"rendered":"Whispering the Doctor&#8217;s Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>I just got caught up and watched the two-part <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/06\/15\/arts\/television\/15lyal.html?th&amp;emc=th\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Doctor Who<\/a> episode(s) \u201cSilence in the Library\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.com\/tag\/river-song\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Forest of the Dead<\/a>\u201c. We\u2019ve been given snippets of hints at the Doctor\u2019s identity before \u2013 in one episode in the Tom Baker era, an old acquaintance knew him by the name Theta Sigma \u2013 which is the abbreviation for the Greek word THEOS, meaning God, used in many New Testament manuscripts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_BtqUSG7RCA0\/SFXbQ_4SquI\/AAAAAAAAAJ4\/VauU7y1iELQ\/s1600-h\/spoilers.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_BtqUSG7RCA0\/SFXbQ_4SquI\/AAAAAAAAAJ4\/VauU7y1iELQ\/s200\/spoilers.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a>In \u201cForest of the Dead\u201d, Professor River Song whispers the Doctor\u2019s name in his ear, and also at one point seems to call him \u201cYah\u201d. Perhaps this <a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/divine-doctor.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">isn\u2019t surprising<\/a> \u2013 he\u2019s a miracle \u201cman\u201d who came down from heaven to dwell among human beings and save them, having previously caused the Big Bang as well as the spark of life on Earth. Eventually he defeats the devil too, and is there for the <a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/brief-visit-to-end-of-universe.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">universe\u2019s end<\/a>. So when <a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/around-blogosphere.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Richard Dawkins makes a guest appearance on the show<\/a>, will this be his chance to <a href=\"http:\/\/peterrollins.net\/blog\/?p=40\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">meet God<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Some have speculated that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/character\/ch0084822\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Professor River Song<\/a> could be none other than <a href=\"http:\/\/tardis.wikia.com\/wiki\/Romana\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Romana<\/a>. I\u2019m not sure about that, although \u201cProfessor River Song\u201d seems likely to hide behind it in coded or anagram form a clue about who she is. They do keep saying \u201cspoilers\u201d, after all.<\/p>\n<p>At any rate, as the Doctor wondered about her, he realized there was only one context in which he would have spoken his name. In other words, presumably the Doctor and the Professor are married\u2026<\/p>\n<p>So what is the Doctor\u2019s name? If I knew for sure, I\u2019d probably have to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earlychristianwritings.com\/thomas\/gospelthomas13.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">respond like Thomas does in the <em>Gospel of Thomas <\/em>13<em>,<\/em> after Jesus whispers to him three words<\/a>: \u201cIf I tell you one of the words which he said to me, you will take up stones and throw them at me; and a fire will come out of the stones and burn you up.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-5038803889768812543?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just got caught up and watched the two-part Doctor Who episode(s) \u201cSilence in the Library\u201d and \u201cForest of the Dead\u201c. We\u2019ve been given snippets of hints at the Doctor\u2019s identity before \u2013 in one episode in the Tom Baker era, an old acquaintance knew him by the name Theta Sigma \u2013 which is the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Whispering the Doctor&#039;s Name<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I just got caught up and watched the two-part Doctor Who episode(s) &quot;Silence in the Library&quot; and &quot;Forest of the Dead&quot;. We&#039;ve been given snippets of hints\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/whispering-the-doctors-name.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Whispering the Doctor&#039;s Name\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I just got caught up and watched the two-part Doctor Who episode(s) &quot;Silence in the Library&quot; and &quot;Forest of the Dead&quot;. We&#039;ve been given snippets of hints\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/whispering-the-doctors-name.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/religionprof\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-06-15T23:15:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_BtqUSG7RCA0\/SFXbQ_4SquI\/AAAAAAAAAJ4\/VauU7y1iELQ\/s200\/spoilers.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"James F. McGrath\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ReligionProf\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"James F. McGrath\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/whispering-the-doctors-name.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/whispering-the-doctors-name.html\",\"name\":\"Whispering the Doctor's Name\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-06-15T23:15:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2008-06-15T23:15:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/#\/schema\/person\/78342576667b872e3d259c153ce4c5bf\"},\"description\":\"I just got caught up and watched the two-part Doctor Who episode(s) \\\"Silence in the Library\\\" and \\\"Forest of the Dead\\\". We've been given snippets of hints\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/whispering-the-doctors-name.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/whispering-the-doctors-name.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/whispering-the-doctors-name.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Whispering the Doctor&#8217;s Name\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/\",\"name\":\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath\",\"description\":\"The Blog of Dr. James F. McGrath, Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University, Indianapolis\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/#\/schema\/person\/78342576667b872e3d259c153ce4c5bf\",\"name\":\"James F. McGrath\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/88ca096942acd474313f7ef4227a49da?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/88ca096942acd474313f7ef4227a49da?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"James F. McGrath\"},\"description\":\"Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. BD University of London, PhD Durham University. Author of John's Apologetic Christology, The Only True God, Theology and Science Fiction, and The Burial of Jesus, as well as (with Charles Haberl of Rutgers University) the two-volume Mandaean Book of John critical edition, translation, and commentary. Also author of numerous articles (and a few science fiction short stories) and the editor or co-editor of several volumes.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Ge8ul5\",\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/religionprof\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jamesfmcgrath\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jfmcgrat\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReligionProf\",\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/religionprof\",\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/religionprof\",\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_F._McGrath\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/author\/james-f-mcgrath\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Whispering the Doctor's Name","description":"I just got caught up and watched the two-part Doctor Who episode(s) \"Silence in the Library\" and \"Forest of the Dead\". We've been given snippets of hints","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/whispering-the-doctors-name.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Whispering the Doctor's Name","og_description":"I just got caught up and watched the two-part Doctor Who episode(s) \"Silence in the Library\" and \"Forest of the Dead\". We've been given snippets of hints","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/whispering-the-doctors-name.html","og_site_name":"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath","article_author":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/religionprof\/","article_published_time":"2008-06-15T23:15:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_BtqUSG7RCA0\/SFXbQ_4SquI\/AAAAAAAAAJ4\/VauU7y1iELQ\/s200\/spoilers.jpg"}],"author":"James F. McGrath","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ReligionProf","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"James F. McGrath","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/whispering-the-doctors-name.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/whispering-the-doctors-name.html","name":"Whispering the Doctor's Name","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/#website"},"datePublished":"2008-06-15T23:15:00+00:00","dateModified":"2008-06-15T23:15:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/#\/schema\/person\/78342576667b872e3d259c153ce4c5bf"},"description":"I just got caught up and watched the two-part Doctor Who episode(s) \"Silence in the Library\" and \"Forest of the Dead\". We've been given snippets of hints","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/whispering-the-doctors-name.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/whispering-the-doctors-name.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/whispering-the-doctors-name.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Whispering the Doctor&#8217;s Name"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/","name":"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath","description":"The Blog of Dr. James F. McGrath, Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University, Indianapolis","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/#\/schema\/person\/78342576667b872e3d259c153ce4c5bf","name":"James F. McGrath","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/88ca096942acd474313f7ef4227a49da?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/88ca096942acd474313f7ef4227a49da?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"James F. McGrath"},"description":"Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. BD University of London, PhD Durham University. Author of John's Apologetic Christology, The Only True God, Theology and Science Fiction, and The Burial of Jesus, as well as (with Charles Haberl of Rutgers University) the two-volume Mandaean Book of John critical edition, translation, and commentary. Also author of numerous articles (and a few science fiction short stories) and the editor or co-editor of several volumes.","sameAs":["https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Ge8ul5","http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/religionprof\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jamesfmcgrath\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jfmcgrat\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReligionProf","http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/religionprof","https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/religionprof","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_F._McGrath"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/author\/james-f-mcgrath"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}