2.2.2 Materiality of God
So it is possible to argue that, according to Tanakh, God does not have a body. But does Tanakh imply that God has a substance? Does He have flesh? Can He be seen? Or is He immaterial?
Deuteronomy 4:15 implies that God is immaterial by saying that “for your own sake, therefore, be most careful—since you saw no shape when the LORD your God spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire—”
On the other hand, other parts of Tanakh contradict this, like Ezekiel 1:28: “Like the appearance of the bow which shines in the clouds on a day of rain, such was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. That was the appearance of the semblance of the Presence of the Lord. When I beheld it, I flung myself down on my face. And I heard the voice of someone speaking.” Not only did he describe the appearance of God, he said that he heard the voice of God. Another example is in Exodus 24:10, when Moses brought the elders to Mount Sinai, and “They saw the God of Israel”. This also implies that God himself can be seen.
However, just as the Genesic quote was clarified by Maimonides, discussing Exodus 24.10, Ibn Ezra says: “They did not see him literally, but in a prophetic vision. The same is true of Isaiah’s vision”I beheld my Lord seated on a high and lofty throne” (Isaiah 6.1) even though Isaiah 6.5 says: “My own eyes have beheld the King Lord of Hosts.” This makes sense because the follow-up of the Exodus 24:10 quote was: “and they saw the God of Israel: under His feet there was the likeness of a pavement of sapphire, like the very sky for purity.” This definitely looks like a vision.
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