Judaism is rooted in a pantheistic religion. Abraham and his father were high priests of the Sumerian religion. Elohim is not God but gods. The real God doesn’t show up until Moses when he silences all the other “gods”. You’ll notice God no longer refers to himself in schizophrenic terms after that point.

Abraham saw “God” in the flesh with his servants and did not die but rather bargained with him for his family’s lives. Moses was told by the real God that he’d die if he saw his face. These two scenarios cannot be rectified as the same God. Nor can we rectify the fleshy “god” as God that Abraham bargained with, given that Christ is the Lord made flesh.

I’m interested to hear other peoples theories but the inconsistencies of the Old Testament point to Israel’s struggle to let go of the old ways.