The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts (2001 Smith), book

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The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts (2001) is a book by Mark S. Smith.

Abstract

Editions and translations

Published in New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Contents

Part. I. The structures of divinity.

  • 1 - Anthropomorphic deities and divine monsters
  • 2 - The divine council
  • 3 - The divine family
  • 4 - Pluralities, pairings, and other divine relations

Part. II. Characteristics of divinity.

  • 5 -The traits of deities
  • 6 - The life and death of Baal

Part. III. The origins of monotheism in the Bible.

  • 7 - El, Yahweh, and the original God of IsraEL and the Exodus
  • 8 - The emergence of monotheistic rhetoric in Ancient Judah
  • 9 - The formation of monotheistic theologies in biblical literature
  • 10 - Monotheism in Isaiah 40-55.

External links

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