The rise of Monotheism has transformed the world and the helm of that transformation is the ancient Near East deity Yahweh. But, how did Yahweh, once only a god among gods, become simple God for billions of people? This episode explores the early rise of Yahwist monotheism in the Ancient Near East rom shifts in familial land relations, the rise of Imperial Assyrian Theology, monolatrous Yahwistic political concentration, the compression and mutation of the Bronze Age fourtiered Canaanite pantheon to Israelite Royal Theology, analysis of exilicperiod Yahwistic theonyms on dozens of cuneiform tablets and even if monotheism emerges in DeuteroIsaiah or simply elaborate monotheistic rhetoric! This week's episode is going to an hour long exploration of the path from Canaanite polytheism to the first flickers of Yahwistic Monotheism before the Apocalyptic explosion.

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The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel https://amzn.to/4e6Bdo7
The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts https://amzn.to/3KJuD9X
Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic https://amzn.to/4549Net
Beyond the Texts: An Archaeological Portrait of Ancient Israel and Judah https://amzn.to/3X68eek
Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan https://amzn.to/3x86I0p
God: An Anatomy https://amzn.to/3VoQRD5
The Origin and Character of God https://amzn.to/3V2agcx
The Religions of Ancient Israel: A Synthesis of Parallactic Approaches https://amzn.to/4e0cLVB
Documents of Judean Exiles and West Semites in Babylonia in the Collection of David Sofer https://amzn.to/4e0v1Ox
Judeans in Babylonia A Study of Deportees in the Sixth and Fifth Centuries BCE https://amzn.to/3V6dSdv
Yahweh before Israel https://amzn.to/3X3mUuE
No Other Gods: Emergent Monotheism in Israel https://amzn.to/3wXfDSp