Quora Questions w/the Amateur Exegete: #2 – God and the Plural in Genesis

Texts discussed: Genesis 1:26, 3:22, 11:7; 1 Kings 22:19-23; Job 1:6, 38:7; Psalm 82:1.

Recommended reading:

• Michael D. Coogan, The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, third edition (Oxford University Press, 2014), 38.
  
• Mark S. Smith, The Priestly Vision of Genesis 1 (Fortress Press, 2010).