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The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel

By Mark S. Smith , Patrick D. Miller

Book information

Publisher
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Year
2010
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
1 MB (1237640 bytes)
Series
Biblical Resource Series
Edition
2nd
Pages
289\0
Time added
2015-02-13 18:24:00

Description

In this remarkable history of the development of monotheism, Mark S. Smith explains for the first time how Israel's religion evolved from a cult of Yahweh as a primary deity among many to a fully defined religion with Yahweh as sole god.Repudiating the traditional view that Israel was fundamentally different in culture and religion from its Canaanite neighbors, this provocative book argues that Israelite religion developed, at least in part, from the religion of Canaan. Looking at a wide range of sources, Smith cogently demonstrates that Israelite religion was not an outright rejection of foreign, pagan gods but, rather, was the result of the establishment of a distinctly separate Israelite identity that included the recognition of a singular, universal deity.

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