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The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel (Biblical Resource Series)
by: Mark S. Smith

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 291.2110933
EAN: 9780802839725
ISBN: 080283972X
Label: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Manufacturer: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 289
Publication Date: 2002-08
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Sales Rank: 38954
Studio: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

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- Mark S. Smith's "Early History of God" an evolutionary eye opener!
If you're looking for a "History Channel" presentation for the general public, this isn't your book. But, if you're in need of a readable but stil extremely well-sourced, densely footnoted, and comprehensive history of the archaeology and textual evidence on the subject of the "Yahwist Cult" and its interaction with other Canaanite religious cults, this is just what you need. It is most effective in showing how "Yahweh" engulfed and devoured his competition, one by one, similar to the way in which the texts have him "eating Death." First he absorbed the cult of "El," the creator-sky god who was original "King of the Elohim" or gods; and as we know, in the early books of the Old Testament God is as often called "Elohim" (plural) as he is "Yahweh." Then "Yahweh" absorbed elements of "Baal" (the storm god and new King of the gods in Canaan), Baal's wife "Anat," El's wife "Asherah," and others. The point is that ... Read More

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- Saturated with Interesting Information
With copious footnotes referring to a great number of scholarly articles, Smith's book could be a University course study guide. EHG is a must read for anyone wishing to learn about Israel's early religions.

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- Excellent synthesis of 20th century scholarship
This is a fantastic synthesis of 20th Century scholarship on the religion of Israel in the period of the Judges and early monarchy. The Smith surveys the literature and provides his own theory of the the relationship between Israelite religion and that of other Canaanites. (One thing you will learn is that contrary to the way the situation is portrayed in the Bible, there is little to distinguish between the Israelites and Canaanites.) It deals with the issue of monolatry versus monotheism, did God have a wife?, are there various names of God in the Bible because originally they stories were about different gods?, and what of the ritual and cult in early Israelite religion.

Smith definitely draws heavily on the scholarship of Frank Moore Cross, Jr. and Marvin H. Pope, and their students, such as John Day (e.g., Molech: a god of human sacrifice in the Old Testament) and W.R. Garr (e.g., Dialect Geography ... Read More

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- More of a Brilliant Mind
See my review of The Memoirs of God. This is the same.

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