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Exodus (bible OT) contains a phrase (in the voice of god) that is remarkably precocious of its purpose: asserting, through unconventional grammar, a certain es

Exodus (bible OT) contains a phrase (in the voice of god) that is remarkably precocious of its purpose: asserting, through unconventional grammar, a certain essentially existentialist claim completely unique to its speaker. έγώ είμι ό ών ( pardon the abuse of the acute accent, I can't get this IME to reproduce the grave) which is translated as "I am that I am," means something dynamically close to "I am the IS." or "I am that which IS." A structure that implies being outside the passage of time, uncreated and therefore not dependent on reproduction to continue surviving, or even on life to keep on living.

throw0101a 3y ago
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_that_I_Am https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_that_I_Am Which is where Aquinas and others get / build on the concept of 'God as verb'. God is not a thing or a being (not even the Supreme Being), but rather God is to be: Being itself. See Aquinas Summa contra Gentiles, XXII. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summa_contra_Gentiles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summa_contra_Gentiles Search for ipsum esse subsistens (Subsisting Essence Itself) if you wish to go down this rabbit hole.