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Originally Posted by Mat
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Originally Posted by bigbee
Genesis 1:26 reads
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."
The usual Christian answer to who Yahweh was talking to is that Yahweh was talking to Jesus and the Holy spirit. . . .It is my understanding that the Jews that wrote the story do not agree with the Christian explanation and claims at all. . . .I will like to know the Jewish explanation to the phrase "Let us make man in our likeness". . . . .
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The usual Jewish explanation of Genesis 1:26 is that Hashem(God) is merely consulting with his divine council over creating man. Therefore there is no pre-existant Jesus or Christian Holy Spirit just a deity who likes to talk or consult with heavenly beings before he makes human beings. |
On the other hand there are a couple of passages in Deutero-Isaiah that appear to be polemics (aka biblical in-fighting) against Genesis 1:26.
Isaiah 40:18
To whom could you liken God? What image could you contrive of him?
Isaiah 44:24
This is what Yahweh, your protector, says, the one who formed you in the womb: "I am Yahweh, who made everything, who alone stretched out the sky, who fashioned the earth all by myself."
How bout dat?
This author was probably dissing that 'divine council'.
Don’t let anyone (Jewish or otherwise) try to tell you that the bible represents a unified theology.
It doesn’t.
02-16-2010, 12:47 PM
