Yahweh: Origin of a Desert God

von Robert D. Miller II

253 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Recognizing the absence of a God named Yahweh outside of ancient Israel, this study addresses the related questions of Yahweh's origins and the biblical claim that there were Yahweh-worshipers other than the Israelite people. Beginning with the Hebrew Bible, with an exhaustive survey of ancient Near Eastern literature and inscriptions discovered by archaeology, and using anthropology to reconstruct religious practices and beliefs of ancient Edom and Midian, this study proposes an answer. Yahweh-worshiping Midianites of the Early Iron Age brought their deity along with metallurgy into ancient Palestine and the Israelite people.

• Reihe: Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments
• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Christentum Heilige Texte und geheiligte Schriften Bibel Altes Testament
• ISBN: 9783525540862
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 08.03.2021
• Größe: 23.5 x 16 cm
• Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Illustrationen: Christopher Irwin