El is singularElohim is plural; Jews, translators, and Christians simply distorted everything.God and the Gods created the world. This is a fact and corresponds to pagan myths.Monotheism is schizophrenia. Yes, there is a certain head of the gods, but nevertheless, the Gods=Elohim are also real. The world was created together.Perhaps there is even a primary source from which the Demiurge emerged, but the scriptures of Genesis confirm that YHWH + Elohim (=Gods) created the world together.Pagans were rightcope
>>18057154>El is singular>Elohim is plural;I think analyzing Elohim as a *collective* plural is fair.
Elohim is used with singular verbs because it has a singular referent and the use of the plural connotes majesty and reverence
>>18057243>>18057262https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicBiblical/comments/eku7c2/considering_that_elohim_is_a_hebrew_word/>God says we/us in Genesis>Genesis says YHVH + Elohim (=Gods) create the worldWhy is this so hard for you to grasp? It's really hard to create the world alone(refutes the concept of the Trinity)There were at least 70 of them, but I think there were hundreds of thousands, if not millions.
>>18057273I'm literally agreeing with you other than offering some grammatical nuance. It's clear the early authors were polytheists.You've already ran into trouble because someone is pointing out verb agreement. There is no problem with the collective plural analysis however.Some Bible scholars have already suggested that the grammatical device has its origins in abstract collective plurals, so in my opinion one way to translate many uses of "Elohim" into fluent English is something like "the Divine (ones)". Yes, it does refer to a pantheon.
Psalm 82
