The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel
- ISBN-10
- 0060674164
- ISBN-13
- 9780060674168
- Category
- Religion / Comparative Religion
- Pages
- 197
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Author
- Mark S. Smith
Description
In this history of the development of monotheism, the author explains how Israel's religion evolved from a cult of Yahweh as a primary deity among many to a fully defined monotheism with Yahweh as sole god. Repudiating the traditional scholarly premise that Israel was fundamentally different in culture and religion from its Canaanite neighbors, he shows that the two cultures were fundamentally similar.
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- 2002-08-03
- 371 pages
- Ebook
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- 2002-08-03
- 243 pages
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