I wonder what the relationship is between God and the
biblical writer.
The writer of the Bible has the chutzpah to tell us that the Lord Yahway is commanding Abram [12:1]-- even if Abram does not know who is speaking to him.
Scholars now know there were many writers who contributed to Genesis.
Some scholars call the last writer the Redactor or "R".
"R" could also stand for "Rabbi."
God springs out of R's psyche the way beings spring through our dreams.
So is humanity, represented by our editing Rabbi, greater than God because our God is created by us?
Here is a similar idea from the great Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai:
Prayer creates God
who creates humanity
whose prayers
re-create God
re-creating humanity.
The writer of the Bible has the chutzpah to tell us that the Lord Yahway is commanding Abram [12:1]-- even if Abram does not know who is speaking to him.
Scholars now know there were many writers who contributed to Genesis.
Some scholars call the last writer the Redactor or "R".
"R" could also stand for "Rabbi."
God springs out of R's psyche the way beings spring through our dreams.
So is humanity, represented by our editing Rabbi, greater than God because our God is created by us?
Here is a similar idea from the great Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai:
Prayer creates God
who creates humanity
whose prayers
re-create God
re-creating humanity.
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