The Conflict between Humanity and God in the Torah Texts

Abstract

   This study examines the conflict between humans and God in the biblical texts. It aims to study the confrontation between humans—whether prophets or peoples—and God (Yahweh) as described in the books of the Torah.

     The study focuses on analyzing the nature of this conflict in its theological, anthropological, and political dimensions, and how the biblical texts express the human will to confront or contradict the divine will.

     The Torah contains a number of texts that address the conflict between God and humans, represented by prophets and non-prophets (i.e., ordinary humans), on the one hand, and the Egyptian pharaoh, who symbolized the earthly god and the rest of the Egyptian pantheon, on the other. The biblical texts reveal the complex relationship between the gods and the other parties on the opposite side of the conflict, within a framework of tension and challenge.