Susanne Lakin - Biblical Anthropomorphism - Evidence of a Unipersonal God

In this presentation from the 2024 UCA Conference, Susanne Lakin surveys the biblical descriptions of God with a focus on the texts where God is described in anthropomorphic terms. She argues that even as metaphor, these descriptions carry content, specifically and always describing God as a single person. To quote from her paper: "the anthropomorphic descriptions of Yahweh throughout its pages give evidence of a unipersonal God. God’s “body” as depicted by the Bible writers is hominid, as humans are fashioned in his image and likeness. The argument that a multipersonal God is hidden in plain sight in the Hebrew Scriptures and that only through progressive revelation has this truth come clear proves weak in view of the immense evidence of God’s singularity. To portray God as comprising three “selves” goes beyond the clearly depicted imagery and language of Scripture."