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Yahweh and the rise of monotheism. Although the specific process by which the Israelites adopted monotheism is unknown, it is certain that the transition was a gradual one and was not totally accomplished during the First Temple period. [page needed] It is unclear when the worship of Yahweh alone began.
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Yahweh was originally the national god of the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah. During the 8th century BCE, the worship of Yahweh in Israel was in competition with many other cults, described by the Yahwist faction collectively as Baals.
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The Rise of Yahwism: The Roots of Israelite Monotheism (Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium XCI) De Moor studies Yahwism and Israel in the second millennium bc. In order to argue for the presence of Yahweh worship at that time, de Moor turns to personal names found in ancient Israel.
By the end of the Babylonian captivity, Yahwism began turning away from polytheism (or, by some accounts, Yahweh-centric monolatry) and transitioned towards monotheism, where Yahweh was proclaimed as the creator deity and the only entity worthy of worship.
Mar 3, 2023 · How did a warrior-storm god become Yahweh, the god of world Abrahamic monotheism? By tracing the earliest history of Yahweh (“The One Exists”) to his origins in the area around Mt Seir to his immigration during the Bronze Age Collapse to the Judea Highlands around Shiloh, this episode explores the early history of the Israelite God.
Christian Church, the rise of Islam, the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, and contemporary discussions about the Abrahamic deity are indispensable from a full history of Abrahamic monotheism.
The Midianite Hypothesis (also sometimes called the Kenite Hypothesis) argues that Yahweh came originally from the arid lands located to the south and southeast of Canaan and in northwestern Arabia.
