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The [[Bible]] does not provide one single, integrated, '''definition of [[God]]''', in part because the perception of God changed over the centuries, and the Bible, whose discussions of the subject range from (in Sonsino's words) "vestiges of primitive beliefs" to "remarkable expressions of ethical monotheism", reflects this. Neither the [[Torah]] nor the [[New Testament]] contain any systematic [[theology]]: No attempt is made to give a [[philosophy|philosophical]] or rigorous definition of God, nor of how God acts in the world. There are, however, several aspects of God that scholars have derived from the text of the Bible.<ref name=Sonsino>{{cite book|title=Teaching about God and Spirituality: A Resource for Jewish Settings|editor=Sherry Helene Blumberg and Roberta Louis Goodman|author=Rifat Sonsino|chapter=The Changing Perceptions of God in Judaism|pages=6–10|date=2001|publisher=Behrman House, Inc|id=ISBN 0867050535}}</ref>
The [[Bible]] does not provide one single, integrated, '''definition of [[God]]''', in part because the perception of God changed over the centuries, and the Bible, whose discussions of the subject range from (in Sonsino's words) "vestiges of primitive beliefs" to "remarkable expressions of ethical monotheism", reflects this. Neither the [[Torah]] nor the [[New Testament]] contain any systematic [[theology]]: No attempt is made to give a [[philosophy|philosophical]] or rigorous definition of God, nor of how God acts in the world. There are, however, several aspects of God that scholars have derived from the text of the Bible.<ref name=Sonsino>{{cite book|title=Teaching about God and Spirituality: A Resource for Jewish Settings|editor=Sherry Helene Blumberg and Roberta Louis Goodman|author=Rifat Sonsino|chapter=The Changing Perceptions of God in Judaism|pages=6–10|date=2001|publisher=Behrman House, Inc|id=ISBN 0867050535}}</ref>
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