The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts by Smith, Mark S.

The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195134803)

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The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts by Smith, Mark S.

The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts

$235.00
The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts by Smith, Mark S.

The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts

$235.00
Format: Hardcover
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According to the Bible, ancient Israel's neighbors worshipped a wide variety of gods. In recent years, scholars have sought a better understanding of this early polytheistic milieu and its relation to Yahweh, the God of Israel. Drawing on ancient Ugaritic texts and looking closely at Ugaritic deities, Mark Smith examines the meaning of "divinity" in the ancient near East and considers how this concept applies to Yahweh.

Author: Mark S. Smith
ISBN-10: 019513480X
ISBN-13: 9780195134803
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/09/2001
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.39lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.36w x 1.16d
Binding Material: Cloth
By Mark S. Smith
By Mark S. Smith
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Mark S. Smith is Skirball Professor of Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at New York University. His publications include The Pilgrimage Pattern in Exodus (1997), The Ugaritic Baal Cycle (1994), The Early History of God (1990), as well as several other books on the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and West Semitic mythology and literature.

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