Yahweh's Desert Origins
We all know that Yahweh was, first and foremost, ancient Israel’s God. Yet, even after hundreds of years of archaeology and biblical scholarship, we know very little about his origins—and how he came to be worshiped by the peoples of Israel and Judah. Scholars have searched for the name Yahweh...
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BIBLIA YAHVE HISTORIA ANTIGUA INTERPRETACION BIBLICA MANUSCRITOS BIBLICOS NOMBRES DE DIOS |
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BIBLIA YAHVE HISTORIA ANTIGUA INTERPRETACION BIBLICA MANUSCRITOS BIBLICOS NOMBRES DE DIOS Tebes, Juan Manuel Yahweh's Desert Origins |
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We all know that Yahweh was, first and
foremost, ancient Israel’s God. Yet, even after
hundreds of years of archaeology and biblical
scholarship, we know very little about his
origins—and how he came to be worshiped by
the peoples of Israel and Judah. Scholars have
searched for the name Yahweh in ancient West
Semitic texts, especially those found at Ebla,
Mari, and Ugarit, but no evidence of pre-Israelite
Yahweh worship among the peoples of the
ancient Levant has surfaced.
If Yahweh wasn’t originally a Levantine deity,
where did he come from, and when exactly did
he become the national God of Israel?
Many scholars, including myself, have
used the available biblical and archaeological
evidence to argue that Yahweh originated in the
desert lands south of ancient Judah. Although
most look to details from the story of Moses
in Midian (Exodus 2–4) to argue that Yahweh
became Israel’s God during the time of the
Exodus (the so-called Midianite Hypothesis),
I believe that the Israelites only encountered
this desert deity centuries later, during the
tenth century B.C.E., when the kingdoms of
Israel and Judah were in frequent contact with
the pastoral-nomadic peoples of the southern
deserts.
Before discussing the archaeological evidence
for Yahweh’s emergence, let us fi rst review the
Midianite Hypothesis and biblical texts related to
Yahweh’s southern origins... |
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Biblical Archaeology Society |
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