JETS 29:4 (December 1986) p. 443 is, Scripture clearly presents God (qua Spirit) as transcending the finite physical features it elsewhere attributes to him. It seems justifiable, then, to take these physical descriptions as anthropomorphic. Now in regard to the issue of the divine repentance, it seems that one may apply this criterion to further support what the Church theologians have consistently affirmed. Though there are numerous references in Scripture to God’s repentance, there are also a