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Pagan Roots of The Hebrew Old Testament
The Hebrew Old Testament, which contains some of the world s most
ancient religious texts, was written and repeatedly re-edited over the
course of several centuries from about 1000 BCE. It reached its final
form at the hands of editors who were monotheists. They believed that
their god Yahweh was the only true God, and that he had been
worshipped exclusively by their ancestors from the time of Abraham.
They edited their sources to reflect this belief. However, we can
strip away this veneer of later monotheism to view the ancient stories
themselves. These bear witness to Israelite religion as practised
before 600 BCE. Far from being monotheistic, this religion was a
fascinating polytheistic paganism, close to the religion of the
surrounding Canaanites. In this religion, Yahweh, far from being God
as understood by modern western monotheism, was a distinctive tribal
deity. This book will be of particular interest to the large numbers
of western people who come from a broadly Christian or Jewish
background but have left those faiths behind to explore paganism or
New Age spirituality.
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- Title: The Old Ones in the Old Book | Free Book
- Author: Steven
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