The Origins of Biblical Monotheism
Subtitle: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: July 13, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780195134803
First sentence: What do Ugaritic texts and iconography tell us about the representation of divinity?
Description: One of the leading scholars of ancient West Semitic religion discusses polytheism vs. monotheism by covering the fluidity of those categories in the ancient Near East. He argues that Israel's social history is key to the development of monotheism.