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Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 265) by John Day [Day, John] is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This masterly book is the climax of over twenty-five years of study of the impact of Canaanite religion and mythology on ancient Israel and the Old Testament. It is John Day's magnum opus in which he sets forth all his main arguments and conclusions on the subject. The work considers in detail the relationship between Yahweh and the various gods and goddesses of Canaan, including the leading gods El and Baal, the great goddesses (Asherah, Astarte and Anat), astral deities (Sun, Moon and Lucifer), and underworld deities (Mot, Resheph, Molech and the Rephaim). Day assesses both what Yahwism assimilated from these deities and what it came to reject. More generally he discusses the impact of Canaanite polytheism on ancient Israel and how monotheism was eventually achieved.

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Author

John Day [Day, John]

Publisher

Sheffield Academic Press

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780567537836

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, History, Judaism

Rating

3.97 / 5 (31 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14