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.
Creation, Nature and Hope in 4 Ezra
Jonathan A. Moo
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The Hebrew Bible in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls
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Christ Identity : A Social-Scientific Reading of Philippians 2.5-11
Sergio Rosell Nebreda
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The Meaning of the Letter of Aristeas : In light of biblical interpretation and grammatical tradition, and with reference to its historical context
Ekaterina Matusova
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"Who is like Yahweh?" : A Study of Divine Metaphors in the Book of Micah
Juan Cruz
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Writing a Commentary on Leviticus : Hermeneutics – Methodology – Themes
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Imperial Visions : The Prophet and the Book of Isaiah in an Age of Empires
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The Synagogue in Ancient Palestine: Current Issues and Emerging Trends
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Like Mount Zion : Conceptual Metaphor and Critical Spatiality in the Songs of Ascents
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How Prophecy Works : A Study of the Semantic Field of נביא and a Close Reading of Jeremiah 1:4–19, 23:9–40 and 27:1–28:17
William L. Kelly
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Animal Metaphors and the People of Israel in the Book of Jeremiah
Benjamin Foreman
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