For the Deity, who embraces all true being, and a knowledge of whom alone makes salvation possible, is only known in proportion as he reveals himself.
Now, this is brought before us in the text in this one fact, that man has been made a habitation of the Deity—"I dwell with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit."
That the Deity, who himself must be supposed to feel love and affection for the beings he has called into existence, should delegate a portion of those powers, I for one cannot conceive altogether so wrong a conjecture.
So, if it can be the case that a deity's activity cannot account for worlds' moral differences, (7a) is false.
An aedicule was originally the architecture of the small shrine, a miniature temple that celebrated the statue of the deity within.
In it, twelve dancers, dressed as twelve princes, danced in imitation of the deities, accompanied by songs in their praise.
Then we reference recent research dealing with cloth as costume that signifies ethnic and gender identity, and ideological associations with female deities.
