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<p>In light of recent biblical scholarship claiming that the God of the Hebrew Bible has a body, this article investigates how Aquinas reads Isaiah’s description of God in embodied, anthropomorphic terms in 6, 1 (<italic>I saw the Lord sitting on a throne high and lifted up</italic>, etc.) in tandem with the prophet’s denial that God is like any creature in 40, 18 (<italic>To whom have you likened God? Or what image will you make for Him?</italic>). We seek to show that, according to Aquinas, Is. 6, 1 teaches not that God has or is a body, but rather that He is not. </p>
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In light of recent biblical scholarship claiming that the God of the Hebrew Bible has a body, this article investigates how Aquinas reads Isaiah’s description of God in embodied, anthropomorphic terms in 6, 1 (I saw the Lord sitting on a throne high and lifted up, etc.) in tandem with the prophet’s denial that God is like any creature in 40, 18 (To whom have you likened God? Or what image will you make for Him?). We seek to show that, according to Aquinas, Is. 6, 1 teaches not that God has or is a body, but rather that He is not.

Is God a Body? Isaiah, Divine Dissimilitude, and Scriptural Signification 

European Journal for the Study of Thomas Aquinas

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In light of recent biblical scholarship claiming that the God of the Hebrew Bible has a body, this article investigates how Aquinas reads Isaiah’s description...

Is God a Body? Isaiah, Divine Dissimilitude, and Scriptural Signification

Publié en ligne: 30 oct. 2023

Pages: 44 - 61

Reçu: 22 juil. 2023

Accepté: 19 sept. 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ejsta-2023-0003

Mots clés
Isaiah, divine embodiment, medieval exegesis, prophecy

© 2023 Franklin T. Harkins, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Is God a Body? Isaiah, Divine Dissimilitude, and Scriptural Signification

Publié en ligne: 30 oct. 2023

Pages: 44 - 61

Reçu: 22 juil. 2023

Accepté: 19 sept. 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ejsta-2023-0003

Mots clésIsaiah, divine embodiment, medieval exegesis, prophecy

© 2023 Franklin T. Harkins, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Isaiah, divine embodiment, medieval exegesis, prophecy