Deu 12:3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
Deu 12:4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
I was simply noting some references in response to your request
But I didn't see any examples in your post, just someone talking about the reason it is done, not when. But this passage, the name of God whould not be written on buildings, money or anything else because they are material and pass away. Even holy books writings are discarded, and whose to say they are not discarded "disrespectfully"?
Precisely when did the Jews adopt the practice of not writing out the name of God? Can you provide a Hebrew or Greek example? When is the first occurance of an example in another language? The above passage is old, do we have some examples as old?
Did the practice start upon the inscription of that passage? Were there Jews condemed to Hell for writing the name of God between the time that passage came down and when the custom went into effect?
Precisely when did the Jews adopt the practice of not writing out the name of God? Can you provide a Hebrew or Greek example? When is the first occurance of an example in another language? The above passage is old, do we have some examples as old? As I noted before, I don’t have a lot of interest in arguing the validity of the position here, details of it’s history, or even the concept that some would tell you it doesn’t apply in foreign (English) languages for that matter. I provided the references in response to the concept, advanced by several, that this is a recent practice, which it isn’t. Ramban and Maimonides would get you back to about 1200, Shevuot 35a-b to before 700, not particularly recent in my mind.