Moses bin Maimonides’ (d. 1204) fear that the Jews would be disgraced by the gentiles due to the prevalence of the anthropomorphic image of God among the Jews:
“If the gentiles heard about these people, they would say, ‘Surely this nation is a stupid and ignorant people’”
[Commentary on Sanhedrin 10]
And somewhere in the Talmud, God studies the Torah with the rabbis and listens to the rabbis discuss a chapter in the Torah. God finally agrees with the opinion of the two arguing rabbis at the same time: “Both that and this are the words of the living God!” | Talmud, Gittin 6b:12-13
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/belief/articles/daf-yomi-151
“…Rabbi Abahu’s beauty was like the beauty of our father Jacob. The beauty of our father Jacob was like the beauty of Adam. Adam’s beauty was like God’s beauty!” | Talmud; Bava Batra 58a
“[Gabriel :] Are you Ishmael, whom the Creator boasts about every day, saying that there is a servant on earth with similar facial features?” “[Rabbi Ismail :] Yes, that is me” | Midrash of the Ten Martyrs
