Article May 3, 1941 Issue

Bible Notes

[The Biblical citations given in the Christian Science Quarterly are from the Authorized King James Version. The Bible Notes in this column can be used, if deemed necessary, to elucidate some of the words or passages contained in the Bible Lessons. The Notes in this issue are related to the Lesson-Sermon designated to be read in Christian Science churches on May 11, 1941.]

"And God said, Let us make man in our image" (Gen. 1:26)—The Hebrew word "Elohim," here rendered "God," is really a plural form, as suggested by the words "us" and "our." Scholars offer various explanations of this plural name for Deity, some considering it as a "plural of majesty"—since a king often uses the royal "we" even today; while others view it as implying fullness, or the fatherhood and motherhood of God.

"Let them have dominion . . . over the cattle" (Gen 1:26)—"Cattle" is not, of course, used here in the customary limited sense meaning "cows," but represents a Hebrew term designating "animals" or "beasts" of all kinds. When our Authorized Version was prepared, the word "cattle" generally had this sense. Compare also Genesis 3:14, where the same term is used in its wide sense.

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