I have been told by the Jewish and Muslims members of this forum that the references to "We" or "Us" in the Old Testament do not refer to the Trinity. Rather, they reflect some mechanism of Hebrew similiar to the royal "We"
I asked Old Shepherd about this, since he apparently speaks a few languages, and this is what he said.
Who is right?
I asked Old Shepherd about this, since he apparently speaks a few languages, and this is what he said.
Who is right?
s0uljah asked...
I have been told by Jews and Muslims that the pluralism, ie Genesis, is not plural but an aspect of Hebrew that is some sort of Royal "We" or something like that. Any truth to that?
<B>It is supposedly the "<I>Majesticatus Pluralis</I>", the plural of majesty. Sovereigns supposedly referred to themselves in the plural, but the first recorded instance was Queen Elizabeth, 4-5 centuries ago who remarked at a something, "<I>We are not amused.</I>"
The problem with this is, it was concocted in the 18th - 19th century to explain away the plural references in the O.T. There is no recorded history of any ancient near east society Israel was in contact with ever using such a device. There was no "plural of majesty" when God dictated to Moses, among the Israelites or anyone else.
There is no mention of any plural of majesty in the early church fathers, (ECF) Justin in his Dialogue with Trypho clearly states that God was speaking to the Son. See my link to ECF on an earlier post. Open Justin's Dialogue and do a word search on "let us."</B>