Sublime

We believe that biblical authors always told the truth as they saw it, even when they represent Yahweh as a violent individual who orders the extermination of women and children; or when, to give another example, they tell the story of Yahweh claiming for himself 675 sheep, 72 cattle, 61 donkeys, and, hear this, 32 virgins (Numbers 31:32-40), after

El Evangelio de María Magdalena fue enterrado en el desierto egipcio, y oculto en una urna en el interior de una caverna, durante toda la vida de Marguerite y de Teresa. Por tanto, nunca habrían estado expuestas a la verdad que transmite este texto: la existencia de siete potestades o «climas» que el alma debe dejar atrás en su camino para

the pharaohs are even represented nursing at her breast.

The old Israel is replaced by the new. There is no longer a covenant with Abraham’s children. The new covenant is made with whoever heeds its call.

The high priest would lay his hands on the head of the goat that was bound for Azazel. As he did so, the priest would confess all the sins of the Israelites, symbolically transferring them onto the animal.6 After the priest had said the appropriate prayers, the people would drive the goat out into the desert, to Azazel, expelling their sins along