ORIGINS OF BIBLICAL MONOTHEISM by Smith, Mark S ISBN 019513480X
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This work seeks to discover more precisely what was meant by 'divinity' in the ancient near-East, and how these concepts apply to the Israelite god Yahweh. The book offers an examination of the deities of ancient Ugarit, and addresses problems associated with them.
As the Bible tells us, ancient Israel's neighbours worshipped a wide variety of Gods. It is now widely accepted that the Israelites' God, Yahweh, must have originated as among these many, before assuming the role of the one true God of monotheism. Mark Smith here seeks to discover more precisely what was meant by 'divinity' in the ancient near-East, and how these concepts apply to Yahweh. Part One of the book offers a detailed examination of the deities of ancient Ugarit, known to us from the large surviving group of relevant extra-biblical texts. In Part Two, Smith looks closely at four classic problems associated with four Ugaritic deities, and considers how they affect our understanding of Yahweh. At the end of the book he returns to the question of Israelite monotheism, seeking to discover what religious issues it addressed, and why it made sense at the time of its emergence. He argues that within the Bible, monotheism is not a separate 'stage' of religion but rather represents a k
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ORIGINS OF BIBLICAL MONOTHEISM
[edit] Author
Smith, Mark S
[edit] ISBN
019513480X
[edit] Published
31/01/2001
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Oxford University Press (N.Y.)
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hardback
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