Where did Israel’s God come from?
According to Exodus 3, God revealed himself as YHWH to Moses. Biblical poems refer to him active in Sinai and Midian, Hebrew graffiti connect him with the south, and Egyptian inscriptions list a place similarly named there. Was YHWH a local deity whom the Israelites adopted? The case is made for the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
HIPHIL Novum
Year: 2024, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 14-21 |
| Further subjects: | B
Asherah
B Aten B Midian B Yhwh |
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| Summary: | According to Exodus 3, God revealed himself as YHWH to Moses. Biblical poems refer to him active in Sinai and Midian, Hebrew graffiti connect him with the south, and Egyptian inscriptions list a place similarly named there. Was YHWH a local deity whom the Israelites adopted? The case is made for the name existing among Israelites earlier. |
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| ISSN: | 1603-6565 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: HIPHIL Novum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.7146/hn.v9i2.150758 |
