“YHWH Our God Is One!” How Do Rabbis Address This Issue?

“YHWH Our God Is One!” How Do Rabbis Address This Issue?

Ibn Ezra developed an explanation as to why God speaks in plural form in several places in the bible; most rabbis have accepted his view.

They say that the use of the plural form in reference to God is the ‘plural of majesty’, which kings and noblemen were accustomed to use in speech. This is called “pluralis majestatis).

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