The “thirteen attributes” portray YHWH as compassionate and forgiving, yet they are immediately followed by a declaration of divine justice (Exodus 34:6–7). The tension between these two aspects of YHWH’s character is visible in King David’s sin with Bathsheba: Nathan confronts him, he confesses his guilt, but the consequences remain in place. When David’s son Absalom rebels and he flees Jerusalem, David accepts this suffering as the price of his sin. Paradoxically, it is this acceptance that becomes the path to his restoration and return to the throne.
Prof.
Gary A. Anderson
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Was Israel ever a tribal society? Although some scholars accept the Bible’s depiction of Israel’s pre-monarchic society as a confederation of tribes, others have dismissed this as ahistorical. Can a study of biblical law help us resolve this question?
Prof.
Rami Arav
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Ezekiel challenges the divine (in)justice of intergeneration
Dr. Rabbi
Zev Farber
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