▁" G od ▁is ▁utter ly ▁unlike ▁hum ank ind " ▁( as ▁shown ▁in ▁God ' s ▁response ▁to ▁Mos es ▁when ▁Mos es ▁asked ▁for ▁God ' s ▁name : ▁" I ▁Am ▁that ▁I ▁Am "). ▁Anth rop omorphic ▁statements ▁about ▁God ▁" are ▁understood ▁as ▁lingu istic ▁met aph ors , ▁otherwise ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁impossible ▁to ▁talk ▁about ▁God ▁at ▁all ". ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁some ▁spec ulations ▁in ▁traditional ▁J uda ism , ▁people ' s ▁actions ▁do ▁not ▁have ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁affect ▁God ▁posit ively ▁or ▁neg atively . ▁The ▁Book ▁of ▁Job ▁in ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁Bible ▁states : ▁" G aze ▁at ▁the ▁heav ens ▁and ▁see , ▁and ▁view ▁the ▁sk ies , ▁which ▁are ▁higher ▁than ▁you . ▁If ▁you ▁s inned , ▁how ▁do ▁you ▁harm ▁God , ▁and ▁if ▁your ▁trans gress ions ▁are ▁many , ▁what ▁do ▁you ▁do ▁to ▁God ? ▁If ▁you ▁are ▁r igh te ous , ▁what ▁do ▁you ▁give ▁God ? ▁Or ▁what ▁does ▁God ▁take ▁from ▁your ▁hand ? ▁Your ▁w icked ness ▁[ aff ect s ] ▁a ▁person ▁like ▁yourself , ▁and ▁your ▁r igh te ous ness ▁a ▁child ▁of ▁human ity ." ▁However , ▁a ▁cor pus ▁of ▁traditional ▁Kab bal istic ▁texts ▁describe ▁the urg ic ▁practices ▁that ▁manipulate ▁the ▁super nal ▁real ms , ▁and ▁Pract ical ▁Kab bal ah ▁( H eb rew : ▁ ק ב ל ה ▁ מ ע ש י ת