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The origins of biblical monotheism : Israel's polytheistic background and the Ugaritic texts

According to the Bible, ancient Israel's neighbours worshipped a wide variety of gods. Drawing on ancient Ugaritic texts, Mark Smith examines the meaning of 'divinity' in the ancient near East and considers how this concept applies to Yahweh, the God of Israel

Print Book, English, 2004
Oxford University Press, New York, 2004