Texts · 19 · Solomon and Sheba

A God who learns

God creates, is upset with the outcome, floods the world, scatters humanity at Babel, then chooses one people. The divine personality develops.

Trial and error at the start.

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Unlike Elohim in Genesis 1, Yhwh appears as a distinctly male, dynamic character.

Bible reference: Genesis 6–12

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 311

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