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Monotheism and Yahweh's Appropriation of Baal (Hardcover)
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Monotheism and Yahweh's Appropriation of Baal (Hardcover)
Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
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Biblical scholarship today is divided between two mutually
exclusive concepts of the emergence of monotheism: an
early-monotheistic Yahwism paradigm and a native-pantheon paradigm.
This study identifies five main stages on Israel's journey towards
monotheism. Rather than deciding whether Yahweh was originally a
god of the Baal-type or of the El-type, this work shuns origins and
focuses instead on the first period for which there are abundant
sources, the Omride era. Non-biblical sources depict a
significantly different situation from the Baalism the Elijah cycle
ascribes to King Achab. The novelty of the present study is to take
this paradox seriously and identify the Omride dynasty as the first
stage in the rise of Yahweh as the main god of Israel. Why
Jerusalem later painted the Omrides as anti-Yahweh idolaters is
then explained as the need to distance itself from the near-by
sanctuary of Bethel by assuming the Omride heritage without
admitting its northern Israelite origins. The contribution of the
Priestly document and of Deutero-Isaiah during the Persian era
comprise the next phase, before the strict Yahwism achieved in
Daniel 7 completes the emergence of biblical Yahwism as a truly
monotheistic religion.
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