The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
47. How Did Yhwh Became One?
The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
James S. Anderson [+]
University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas
James S. Anderson is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas and serves as Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, TX. His books include Monotheism and Yahweh’s Appropriation of Baal (T&T Clark, 2015), Manifesting Peace: 12 Principles for Cultivating Peace, Healing & Wellness Distilled from the World’s Spiritual Traditions and Psychology (Wipf and Stock, 2019) and Extolling Yeshua (Wipf and Stock, 2019).
Description
Only a good dozen passages in the entire Hebrew Bible clearly deny the existence of gods besides Yhwh. Monotheism was a slow process that eventually gave birth to intermediary entities to compensate for the inevitable distancing of the only God from worshippers.