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History. Periods. Late Bronze Age origins (1550–1200 BCE) Early Iron Age (1200–1000 BCE) Late Iron Age (1000–586 BCE) Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods (586–332 BCE) Yahweh and the rise of monotheism. Worship. Festivals and sacrifice. Temples. Portrayal. Graeco-Roman syncretism. See also. References. Notes. Citations. Sources. Further reading.
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- Yahweh (Disambiguation)
The word monotheism comes from the Greek μόνος ( monos) [14] meaning "single" and θεός ( theos) [15] meaning "god". [16] The English term was first used by Henry More (1614–1687). [17] Monotheism is a complex and nuanced concept. The biblical authors had various ways of understanding God and the divine, shaped by their historical and ...
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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 · Who is Yahweh – How a Warrior-Storm God became the God of the Israelites and World Monotheism. 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 ...
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.
Aug 26, 2022 · Over time, this changed into true monotheism: the belief that there is only one god, and that all other “gods” are illusory. The Prophetic Movement attacked both polytheism and the Yahwist establishment centered on the Temple of Jerusalem (they blamed the latter for ignoring the plight of the common people and the poor).
Abstract. This chapter begins the discussion on Israelite monotheism by noting the deep impact on Yahweh of the god El; the formative traditions of Israel, now largely lost in the mists of time, camouflage a complex relationship between El and Yahweh.
