In the Hebrew Bible, God repeatedly professes His love for the Jewish people and, moreover, demands that they love him in return. To Jon Levenson, this love bears some similarity to love of a family member—as if God has adopted the descendants of Jacob into His own family—as well as to monogamous romantic love. It also is deeply related to the biblical ideas of chosenness, covenant, and commandment. Thus the love of God requires service to Him rather than mere emotion, and the commandments are neither laws in the modern sense nor moral principles, but expressions of love and reciprocity. (Interview by Johnny Mej. Audio, one hour.)
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