Yahweh or Zeus? Where Western Culture Went Wrong
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Yahweh’s Origins
It appears that Yahweh, the tribal god of IsraEL, started out as one of many pagan deities in a polytheistic culture. The canaanite religion predates …
When God Wasn’t So Great: What Yahweh’s First Appearance Tells About Early Judaism
Haaretz When God Wasn’t So Great: What Yahweh’s First Appearance Tells About Early Judaism The oldest extra-biblical reference to Yahweh is in a 3,000-year-old Moabite …