The Origins of Biblical Monotheism
Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts
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Word Count
86,000 words, Guess
Page Count
344 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveoriginsbiblicalm00smit
- Internet Archiveoriginsofbiblica0000smit
- ISBN-10019513480X
- ISBN-139780195134803
- LibraryThing1543003
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- Library of Congress Control Number99058180
- OCLC Control Number191952724
- OCLC Control Number42934555
- Better World Books9780195134803
- Open LibraryOL7389125M
Classifications
- LCCBS1192.6.S555 2001
- LCCBS1192.6 .S555 2001
- LCCBS1192.6 .S555 2001eb
Description
One of the leading scholars of ancient West Semitic religion discusses polytheism vs. monotheism by covering the fluidity of those categories in the ancient Near East. He argues that Israel's social history is key to the development of monotheism.
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What do Ugaritic texts and iconography tell us about the representation of divinity?
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