Gods of the Bible: Biblical Polytheism and the Making of Monotheism | Interview with Mark Smith

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Welcome! Princeton Theological Seminary Professor Mark Smith talks about the polytheistic roots of the Bible and the long, elaborate making of monotheism. Mark Smith explains how the figure of Yahweh in Bible absorbed language, elements and attributes of other deities from Ancient Israel polytheistic background, Ugarit culture and Mesopotamian religion; and was then made become the Unique God of the tradition particularly under the pressure of Assyrian and Babylonian expansionism.

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