Monotheism and Yahweh's Appropriation of Baal

by James Anderson and James S. Anderson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567683079
• ISBN13: 9780567683076
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"