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Ethan Schwartz

Ethan Schwartz is an assistant professor of Hebrew Bible at Villanova University.

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Ethan Schwartz

At the heart of Benjamin D. Sommer’s project is a contrast between the stenographic theory of revelation and what he calls the “participatory” theory, which “puts a premium on human agency and gives witness to the grandeur of a God who accomplishes a providential task through the free will of human subjects under God’s authority.”