The rise of Monotheism has transformed the world and the helm of that transformation is the ancient Near East deity Yahweh. But, how did Yahweh, once only a god among gods, become simple God for billions of people? This episode explores the early rise of Yahwist monotheism in the Ancient Near East rom shifts in familial land relations, the rise of Imperial Assyrian Theology, monolatrous Yahwistic political concentration, the compression and mutation of the Bronze Age four-tiered Canaanite pantheon to Israelite Royal Theology, analysis of exilic-period Yahwistic theonyms on dozens of cuneiform tablets and even if monotheism emerges in Deutero-Isaiah or simply elaborate monotheistic rhetoric! This week's episode is going to an *hour* long exploration of the path from Canaanite polytheism to the first flickers of Yahwistic Monotheism before the Apocalyptic explosion.

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The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel - [ Ссылка ]
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Beyond the Texts: An Archaeological Portrait of Ancient Israel and Judah - [ Ссылка ]
Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan - [ Ссылка ]
God: An Anatomy - [ Ссылка ]
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The Religions of Ancient Israel: A Synthesis of Parallactic Approaches - [ Ссылка ]
Documents of Judean Exiles and West Semites in Babylonia in the Collection of David Sofer - [ Ссылка ]
Judeans in Babylonia A Study of Deportees in the Sixth and Fifth Centuries BCE - [ Ссылка ]
Yahweh before Israel - [ Ссылка ]
No Other Gods: Emergent Monotheism in Israel - [ Ссылка ]

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