for myself, i think the whole bible tells an interesting story of a god that osmoses as time passes.
for times of desperation, he's a god of hope. for times of fear he's a god of battle. for times of colonisation, he's a god of laws. for times of humiliation, he's a god of pride. for times of death, he's a god of the afterlife. for times of sin, he's a god of forgiveness. for times of emptiness, he's a god of love.
he's not a god of consistency. he's a god of deficiency. he becomes whatever the hebrew/ israelite/ judean/ jewish people need him to be that they currently lack.
so he kinda reflects a mirror view of their story.
dawkins definition of the god of the ot as a psychopath may suit the whole. but i think the god of the bible is a god who changes to suit the moment. as such, he is an interesting sort of reflection of the human condition.
if we are to choose to have a god, such a polymorph makes good sense. at least once he becomes a god of all people. the great commission.
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