A History of God

I explain how I learned from A History of God by Karen Armstrong that the evidence indicates that the Jewish concept of monotheism evolved from the syncretism of various polytheistic sources like Canaanite and Babylonian polytheism.


By Evid3nc3

Books and Concepts:

A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam:
http://www.amazon.com/History-God-000...

Well-sourced Wikipedia articles describing the evolution of Jewish monotheism from polytheism:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monothei...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh#E...

Enuma Elish:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En%C3%BB...
Library of Ashurbanipal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_...
Canaanite Religion:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanit...
Did Jewish Slaves Build the Pyramids?:
http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4191

Taanach Cult Stand:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh#D...
Israel Enters Recorded History in Egypt at 1200 BCE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_...

Jeremiah's Monolatrist Polytheism:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of...