When and from Where did YHWH Emerge?: Some Reflections on Early Yahwism in Israel and Judah
The paper addresses two crucial questions of the history of Israelite religion. Did YHWH emerge in the southern steppe and when did YHWH become the God of Judah? After discussing the available evidence for YHWH's origin in the South, the paper tests the extra-biblical evidence for the worship o...
| Otros títulos: | "The Desert Origins of God: Yahweh's Emergence and Early History in the Southern Levant and Northern Arabia" |
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2021
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Entangled Religions
Año: 2021, Volumen: 12, Número: 2 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Jahwe
/ Israel (Antigüedad)
/ Judäa
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | AF Geografía de la religión BC Antiguo Oriente ; Religión HB Antiguo Testamento KBL Oriente Medio |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Hebrew Bible
B Israelite Religion B Sinai B Judahite religion B Iconography B Yhwh B early Yahwism B History of ancient Israel |
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| Sumario: | The paper addresses two crucial questions of the history of Israelite religion. Did YHWH emerge in the southern steppe and when did YHWH become the God of Judah? After discussing the available evidence for YHWH's origin in the South, the paper tests the extra-biblical evidence for the worship of YHWH in Israel and Judah and questions his widespread importance in the tenth and early ninth centuries BCE in the mentioned territories. By presenting the theophoric personal names, the hypothesis is corroborated that YHWH was significantly introduced at the earliest by the Omrides. Moving then to the epigraphic evidence, the additional evince for YHWH's origin in the South is reviewed negatively. YHWH of Teman from Kuntillet 'Ajrud cannot prove the origin of this deity in the South. It is rather a piece of evidence that the worship of this deity in the South was not natural even in the mid-eighth century BCE. That YHWH’s true origin is in Midian, Paran, Seir, etc. remains a speculative hypothesis that is built on the tradition-history of some biblical passages and the biblical Sinai tradition. This particular feature is indeed related to the South and its struggle to claim independence for the Southern YHWH from the North. YHWH was only introduced to Judah as a patron deity of the dynasty, and that is the state of the Omrides ruling in Jerusalem. |
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| ISSN: | 2363-6696 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Entangled Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.46586/er.12.2021.8776 |