I have discussed Gen 20:13 before on this blog, including at my popular article, Refuting Jeff Durbin on “Mormonism". To see how Protestants dismiss this text (and, functionally, the perspicuity of Scripture [more evidence for a plurality of gods than formal sufficiency of the Bible . . . ]), note the following:
Genesis 20:13 (“And when God caused me to wander [hit’û,
plural verb]”) may be a rare exception (see also Gen. 35:7, “revealed”; 2 Sam.
7:23, “went”). The fact that these occurrences are rare and in theologically
inauspicious contexts means one cannot use them to read a doctrine of plurality
of Gods into the Bible. (Robert M. Bowman Jr., and J. Edward Komoszewski, The
Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense [Grand Rapids, Mich.:
Kregel Academic, 2024], 379 n. 38)
Yes, a text (Gen 20:13) where,
post-justification (Bowman believes [correctly] Abraham was justified in Gen 12,
not 15:6 [at least per his 1997 debate with Scott Hahn]) affirms the ontological
existence of other gods is “inauspicious.” If the Father is the “ultimate” cause
(or ‘formal’ to be more technical) and he used agents as instrumental causes
never occurs to such a deep thinker as Bowman (I will not impute this to
Komoszewski as I have not had negative encounters with him).
If anyone wants a good book
defending orthodox Christology, save your money and get something by Hurtado or
Bauckham. You won’t have one author who suffers from Dunning Kruger (who,
for e.g., thinks he can refute one of, if not the, leading world experts
on chiasmus).
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