The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts

by Mark S . Smith (Author)

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  2003

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  Ancient Israel's neighbours worshipped a wide variety of gods. It is now widely accepted that the Israelites' God, Yahweh, must have originated as one among these many. 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.