238. Multifaceted God
TINW Torah Study
English - October 11, 2021 03:00 - 5 minutes - 4 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsJudaism Religion & Spirituality jennifer jaech biblical origins torah study tara keiter Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the Torah, sometimes God is shown to be a strict disciplinarian, and other times he is a compassionate God who expresses very human feelings. Scholars today understand that the traditions preserved in the Torah come from different sources, which explains their different perspectives. The ancient Rabbis also saw the differences in the text, but they were creative in their interpretations and said that God is neither all mercy nor all justice. God, like us, has different sides.