Yahweh, the god of the israelites, whose name was revealed to moses as four hebrew consonants (yhwh) called the tetragrammaton. after the babylonian exile (6th century bce), and especially from the 3rd century bce on, jews ceased to use the name yahweh for two reasons.

Explanation:

In the 3rd century BCE the Jews ceased to use the name for two reasons listed below;

1. For the fear of profaning His name and

2. Fear of violating violating the second command - “You shall not take the name of the

LORD [Yahweh] your God in vain.

In WHAT period? There have been historical periods in which Britain was more important in those ways, and times when the U.S. was more important. So you need to tell us what "THIS period" means.

Explanation: