The concept of “Negative Theology” seems to be rarely discussed in the current world of theology but it is an essential component of Biblical theology that was well known to the medieval rabbis.
Negative Theology is a method of describing God’s essence (as opposed to His relationship with the world) using language employing only negative attributes such as “God does not have a body”, “God is not a man”, “God does not occupy space”, etc.
These types of descriptions are necessary because God’s “essence” does not resemble anything in the Universe He created so we have no positive language to describe Him. Our understanding of God is limited to God’s relationship with the world, not to God’s essence.
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