what he is.”36 Gunton argues that to think of God mainly in terms of intellect, an emphasis we see in Maimonides and Thomas, results in a conception of God at odds with the biblical rendition of God according to which God is mainly known through his particular acts in history. To conceive God primarily in terms of intellect, with priority given to contemplation instead of action, renders the conception antithetical to a concept of God whose being is known primarily through his historical and particular