Israel’s Prophets Meet Athens’ Philosophers 209 with the seeking of God that shall come afterwards. The wording of Psalm 113 parallels closely Paul’s polemic. The logic of Acts 17,29 is based on a sequence of assertions. First, humans are God’s offspring. Since humans are the works of God, nothing that humans can make can represent God. If this is so, then nothing that such lesser beings can make can equal the superior God who made them. Since humans are like God, and humans are not like any material thing, God is not like any material representation, be it stone, silver or gold, all of which are lesser than humans. Both the psalmist (ei[dwla tw'n ejqnw'n ajrguvrion kai; crusivon) and Paul (crusw/' h] ajrguvrw/ h] livqw/, caragmati tevcnh") assert the inferiority of images made of gold and v silver. Paul’s statement especially echoes the anti-idol polemic of Isaiah. Isa 40,18-20 says that no likeness can be made of God: “to what will you liken the Lord and to what likeness will you liken him?” Like Paul, Isaiah notes that gold and silver are used for idols (mh; eikona ejpoivhsen tevktwn h] crusocovo" cwneuvsa" crusivon) (Isa 40,18- jv 19), but should not be used for the true God (31). (Cf. the similar vocabulary and polemic in Isa 46,5-6). Isa 44,9-20 also expresses the same scriptural tradition. Isa 44,19 particularly mocks the construction of idols, noting that one who builds idols cuts down trees, and uses them both for fire and for an idol. Such an idol is obviously not a real god nor worthy of homage as the one true God, who made us all, is due. Paul’s message then at several points reflects and recalls the message of the prophet Isaiah in condemning the attempt to make an image to represent God. g) God will Judge People in the Future: Acts 17,31 Paul’s assertion that God is going to judge the world in Acts 17,31 also echoes a common scriptural tradition. Paul asserts that God has set a day when he will judge the world in righteousness. This echoes the words of the psalmists: Ps 9,9 Acts 17,31 Ps 97,9 Ps 95,13b e[sthsen hJmevran ejn h|/ o{ti h[kei kri'nai th;n oti e;rcetai kri'nai { kai; auvto;" krinei' mevllei krivnein ghn krinei' / thn gh'n krinei' ; th;n oijkoumevnhn ejn th;n oijkoumevnhn ejn th;n oijkoumevnhn ejn th;n oijkoumevnhn ejn dikaiosuvnh/ dikaiosuvnh/ dikaiosuvnh'/ dikaiosuvnh/ (31) PAO, Isaianic New Exodus, 196 asserts that “in Acts 17:29 one...finds the climax of this piece of anti-idol polemic that should be understood within the wider framework of the anti-idol polemic in Isaiah”.