THEO10001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Priestly Source, Supreme Intelligence, Omnipotence
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Theo 10001-08 - lecture 8 - images of god and humanity in genesis 1 vs. genesis 2. Stories in the bible reveal glimpses about who god is. Theologians try to establish coherence from these glimpses but we"ll never fully understand god. All he created was good so god is good: god is omnipotent, god is loving. The nature of god"s creating in genesis 2: god creates adam and everything he creates after that is to help/bene t adam in some way, e. g. God creates animals to give adam company, but when they do not prove to be enough as adam needed an equal, god cares enough about humans and their happiness to create. Images of god in genesis 2: god breathed life into humans > god is loving and purposeful in his creation of things, god communicates directly and walks with adam > he wants to be in close relationship with humanity.
