Book Comment: Jesus and Yahweh. The Names Divine

     Harold Bloom admits that, "I am not part of normative Judaism."  No duhhhh!  His view of God is less than orthodox.

     Bloom calls Jesus a "more-or-less historical person." Jesus Christ, not the same as Yeshua of Nazareth, is a "theological god."  Yahweh fares no better as "a human, all-too-human God."

     Bloom asserts that Christianity is a return to polytheism and that the Hebrew God, Yahweh, and the "theological" god , Jesus Christ, are utterly incompatible.

     This book shows that Mr. Bloom has a deep familiarity with the Christian scriptures coupled with an almost total failure to grasp their true meaning and the intellectual arrogance to assume that he does understand.

Bloom, Harold, Jesus and Yahweh. The Names Divine (NY: Riverhead Books, 2005)