In Genesis, “we made man in our image.” Who is “we”?
The Church Fathers interpreted this as evidence for the Trinity.
The Jews interpreted this as God and His angels, which is the only interpretation they could give. But obviously this “we” could only be figurative. And it’s hard to see how the angels could participate in creation from nothing, even in a figurative sense.
Thanks for your response...the "we" could also be the father and son as seen in the glimpse of the Godhead in Daniel 7:13,14.
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In Genesis, “we made man in our image.” Who is “we”?
A little Hebrew is in order... In Genesis G-D is ELoHIM and man is ADaM, names not titles. And yes ELoHIM is plural. Now on to the text.
26 And ELoHIM said, "Let us make ADaM in our image, after our likeness...
27 And ELoHIM created ADaM in His image, in the image of ELoHIM He created him; male and female He created them...
Ergo, the image of ELoHIM is male and female. Look around, there's no such thing as a Father and a Son without a Mother. And chapter one deals with ADaM the spirit, as ELoHIM is a spirit. The physical form of ADaM is made in chapter 2.
Here's a good book, the library should be able to obtain a copy.
Judaism in the Theology of Sir Isaac Newton
Matt Goldish
He, (Sir Isaac Newton) privately rejected the doctrine of trinitarianism (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
For the record you don't have to be a genius to reject trinitarianism.
The White Goddess by Robert Graves is another great addition to any library. R. Graves categorizes every ancient religion he could get his hands on and when he arrives at Christianity he correctly notes that the only original concept they have is that of a Messiah, the rest is co-opted paganism, including the trinity.
See: The Prodigal Son, Lucus (Luke)15 and read... The elder brother is Judaism the younger is Christianity. The elder brother never left the Father and the younger must make teshuvah! Return! ...to Torah.