04-15-2010, 11:57 PM
Ben Masada Wrote:It's more than obvious that Israel could not uphold the banner of absolute Monotheism in God, and start the Scriptures with statements of plurality in God. The whole issue therefore, was personification of attributes.
Ben
Im no trinitarian, but I think its pretty well ackowledged that, particularly WRT monotheism/polytheism the hebrew bible is a set of books that were edited, spliced and diced, and subject to revision over a long period.
It is quote possible that, the plurality of "Elohim" is merely a remant of a time when the Divine was seen through a ploytheistic lens in the ANE.
Im sure you must be aware of the "smoking guns" which still exist in the hebrew bible of this earlier time.