Named by Jiang as one of the different divine names in Genesis, signaling multiple textual sources.
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Elohim
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...there are two different names for God in Genesis. There is Elohim, which means gods, really, and then Yahweh. Okay. So we know that..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...there are two different names for God in Genesis. There is Elohim, which means gods, really, and then Yahweh. Okay. So we know that..."
Key Notes
Rendered as gods in the reading; Jiang uses it to describe a hierarchy of gods and mortal flesh.
Jiang says Genesis visibly contains multiple source traditions because it preserves different divine names such as Elohim and Yahweh.
The Elohim passage is interpreted as a theology where flesh and sin give mortals access to knowledge gods cannot obtain.
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"...there are two different names for God in Genesis. There is Elohim, which means gods, really, and then Yahweh. Okay. So we know that..."
"Elohim said... Elohim is the gods, okay? Keep on going. Noah's Adam let us make a man. They wanted to make man higher than..."
"...of gods. And the true God had an argument with the Elohim, okay? The Elohim is basically saying, let's make man as servants to..."
"Why not? Try it. See what happens to you. The worst is that you'll be fine, right? Or you go to jail for a..."
"...Jesus died when he was 33 years old. The word God, Elohim, appears 33 times in Genesis. King David reigned for 33 years. The..."
"...create new mythologies. This is what's called the E manuscript for Elohim. Elohim is Elohim. It's just a different word for God. Does that..."
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