When and from Where did YHWH Emerge?: Some Reflections on Early Yahwism in Israel and Judah

The paper addresses two crucial questions of the history of Israelite religion. Did YHWH emerge in the southern steppe and when did YHWH become the God of Judah? After discussing the available evidence for YHWH's origin in the South, the paper tests the extra-biblical evidence for the worship o...

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Subtitles:"The Desert Origins of God: Yahweh's Emergence and Early History in the Southern Levant and Northern Arabia"
Main Author: Frevel, Christian 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2021
In: Entangled Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 2
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Jahwe / Israel (Antiquity) / Judea
RelBib Classification:AF Geography of religion
BC Ancient Orient; religion
HB Old Testament
KBL Near East and North Africa
Further subjects:B Hebrew Bible
B Israelite Religion
B Sinai
B Judahite religion
B Iconography
B Yhwh
B early Yahwism
B History of ancient Israel
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