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The clearest example of henotheism is 2 Kings 3:26-27 (again, a work of the Deuteronomist, perhaps drawing from earlier sources): When the king of Moab saw that the battle was going against him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through, opposite the king of Edom; but they could not. Then he took his firstborn son who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the wall. And great wrath came upon Israel; and they withdrew from him and returned to their own land. Other points to consider is that early Israelite names were not associated with YHWH, barring Joshua and possibly Jochebed--both closely related to Moses who was the only witness to YHWH revealing his "name" at the burning bush. Egyptologists also indicate that the God of Midian (where Moses was exiled) is referred to as Shasu: Yhw3. Other early names, especially Gideon (Jerubbaal) and Saul's household (Mephibaal and Ishbaal - '-baal' was altered to '-bosheth') associate themselves with Baal. These folk heros were probably coopted by later Yahwists. Obviously, this is circumstancial, but there is plenty of it, and allowing for heavy redaction, we can probably guess that these practices were common, and accepted (particularly Gideon/Jerubbaal--the myth in Judges 6 is a rather haphazard etiological explanation of why Gideon was also known as "Let Baal contend") Quote:
El Olam - God the Everlasting One El Bethel - God of Bethel El Ro'i - God of Vision El Shaddai - God of the Mountains One god? The first three, incidentally, are unique to Genesis. Later redactions are not so careless. Quote:
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