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The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel by Mark S. Smith, Patrick D. Miller is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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In this remarkable history of the development of monotheism, Mark S. Smith explains for the first time how Israel's religion evolved from a cult of Yahweh as a primary deity among many to a fully defined religion with Yahweh as sole god.Repudiating the traditional view that Israel was fundamentally different in culture and religion from its Canaanite neighbors, this provocative book argues that Israelite religion developed, at least in part, from the religion of Canaan. Looking at a wide range of sources, Smith cogently demonstrates that Israelite religion was not an outright rejection of foreign, pagan gods but, rather, was the result of the establishment of a distinctly separate Israelite identity that included the recognition of a singular, universal deity.

Who reads The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel?

Author

Mark S. Smith, Patrick D. Miller

Publisher

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published

2010

Language

EN

Category

history

Subjects

Christian, History, Christianity

Rating

4.5 / 5 (176 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14