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

pt. I. The structures of divinity. Anthropomorphic deities and divine monsters -- The divine council -- The divine family -- Pluralities, pairings, and other divine relations -- pt. II. Characteristics of divinity. The traits of deities -- The life and death of Baal -- pt. III. The origins of monotheism in the Bible. El, Yahweh, and the original God of IsraEL and the Exodus -- The emergence of monotheistic rhetoric in Ancient Judah -- The formation of monotheistic theologies in biblical literature -- Monotheism in Isaiah 40-55.

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