Yahweh

Significant archaeological discoveries over the last century have given biblical scholars plenty of grist for the mill that is the theoretical reconstruction of the origins and earliest profile(s) of Israel’s patron deity, Yahweh.1 The Ugaritic texts, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Ketef Hinnom silver scrolls, temples discovered at Arad and Tel Motza, inscriptions from Kuntillet ‘Ajrud and Khirbet el-Qôm, an expanding collection of ancient personal names, and numerous other discoveries have contributed to a rough consensus regarding a number of issues that would have been unthinkable in previous centuries, such as Yahweh’s original distinction from the northwest Semitic high deity El, Yahweh’s early consort, Asherah, and the exilic or post-exilic advent of monotheism (at the earliest). Each of these issues, however, has raised a suite of additional questions, and the field’s theoretical and methodological repertoires have struggled to keep pace. Biblical scholars have traditionally occupied a position some distance downstream from the vanguards of method and theory, and so we sometimes find ourselves scrambling for new comparative data or to identify and adopt new theoretical frameworks to bridge the gaps between our questions and our data.2

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  Seth L Sanders•Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel•2015

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• The Materiality of Power

  Brian B Schmidt•The Materiality of Power•2019

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• Before Religion

  Brent Nongbri•Before religion•2013

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• Discursive Study of Religion

  Kocku Von Stuckrad•Method & Theory in the Study of…•2013

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• Protohistoric Developments of Religion and Cult in the Negev Desert

  Uzi Avner•Tel Aviv•2018

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• Ancient Cult Sites in the Negev and Sinai Deserts

  Uzi Avner•Tel Aviv•1984

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• Matters of Belief

  Open Access•Susan Ku, Susan Kus•Archeological Papers of the…•2011

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• The Origins of Biblical Monotheism

  Mark S Smith•The Origins of Biblical Monotheism•2001

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• Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible

  Jack M Sasson, Karel Van Den Toorn et al.•Journal of the American Oriental…•1998

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• More than Belief

  Chad E Seales•Sociology of Religion•2011

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