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Torah Book & Portion, Book of Genesis, Bereishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8), Source Book Keys, HTBAJ

GENESIS | 1:27 image — GEN85 According to Scripture, the human being is ...

GEN85 According to Scripture, the human being is created in the image of God. Genesis 1:26. Postbiblical Jewish religious literature takes this to mean that one should imitate the ways of God, that one should act in a godly manner, for example, “as God is merciful and compassionate, so should human beings be merciful and compassionate.”  Sifre on Deuteronomy, Finkelstein, ed. “Ekev” para. 49, p. 114.  As God is creative, so too should human beings be creative.  As God is an artist, so too should human beings be artists.  God’s most superlative artwork is the human being.  It is the human task to complete God’s unfinished artistic masterpiece-the human person.  Ethics is a way in which one creates life as a work of art.  HTBAJ xiv

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