Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il>]

Edgar Foster wrote:

>
>
> Recently I was reading _Revelation As History_ edited by Wolfhart
> Pannenberg and I came across an interesting statement. This book
> postulates the notion that Yahweh never revealed Himself in the Hebrew
> Scriptures. The writers claim that God may have revealed things about
> Himself, but there is no authentic self-disclosure in the OT. While
> researching this subject, I came upon Gen. 35:7. This passage tells us
> that Elohim "appeared" (GALAH) to Jacob at Bethel. Could this verse
> possibly be read as an example of God's self-disclosure? Did God
> "reveal" Himself in this account, or simply "appear" to Jacob.
>

The claim that YHWH never revealed himself in the Tanakh is odd, especially 
in view of
such passages as Deut. 34: 19, which states, about Moses, that "YHWH knew him 
face to
face", or Is. 6:1, in which Isaiah "saw YHWH sitting upon a high and exalted 
throne".
Sincerely,
Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
44905 Beit Berl Post Office
Israel

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