images of god

I am re-reading Karen Armstrong (1993) A History of God. In the introduction, she writes of God as a product of the creative imagination and of the need for individuals to begin by creating a sense of him for themselves.

It reminds me of the old Greek story of Demeter and Persephone, when Demeter was so occupied with searching for her lost daughter that she neglected her duties as the Mother Goddess. The crops failed. Young animals died for lack of sustenance. Zeus grew distraught. People were no longer able to sacrifice to the gods. No longer did sacrificial smoke rise up to link mortals with the immortals. The gods' continuous existence depended upon the continuation of that link.

I find that helps to explain the inclusion of both JHVH and the Elohim in Genesis, the first book of Moses. And it compensates, at least impart, for the lack of answers toy question : Is the God of the New Testament the same as the God(s) of the Old?