The Origins of the Ancient Israelite Religion. Part 2 of 7 | Canaanite Religions | Mythology

The Origins of the Ancient Israelite Religion. Part 2 of 7 | Canaanite Religions | Mythology. Dr. Aren Maeir
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177,969 views Nov 21, 2020 Ancient Israel / History / Lectures
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Note: There WERE many other gods Worshipped by the Bronze Age Hebrews, not just El and Ashera. They be were Polytheistic (Worshipped Multiple Deities)
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The sole Worship of Yahweh did not happen until the Iron Age, when the Cult of Yahweh returned from Captivity. They staged a Coup and FORCED the Exclusive Worship of Yahweh.
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Even then, they were Not Truly Monotheistic.
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THEY DID BELIEVE IN THE EXISTENCE OF OTHER GODS
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BUT THEY ONLY ACKNOWLEDGED THEIR WORSHIP OF YAHWEH EXCLUSIVELY.
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Yahweh was a Tribal god. Not the GOD of all Creation that belonged to all of Humanity.
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YAHWEH WAS THE GOD OF THE ISRAELITES
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THAT IS WHY THE ISRAELITES WERE GODS CHOSEN PEOPLE
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THE TRUE GOD OF ALL CREATION BELONGS TO ALL CREATION
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In this presentation Dr. Aren Maeir guides us into the very origins of Ancient Israel, their identity and the very foundations of their religion. In this presentation the great scholar Dr. Maeir takes us into the origins of the religion of the ancient Israelites. He will address these points: Canaanite pagan influences on the Israelite religion such as El and Baal. Discusses the ideological framework of the Israelite texts and the worship of a singular deity, and points out the big question which is "is this the original form and practice of the Israelite religion or did this monotheistic approach come much later?" He discusses male and female figurines of the Iron Age that depict their God. He also discusses the evidence of more than one God and even a Goddess in Israelite society and religion and also he points out that we tend to see not necessarily monotheism in ancient Israel but rather monolatrism. We also ask a harder question and that is, when does Monotheism take root as a dominant ideology in ancient Israel and whether or not this was influenced by the religious reform of Atenism or Zoroastrianism? How old is Judaism? How is it different today? We will also discuss religious violence and ethnic cleansing in ancient Israel and the issues of using modern terms on the past in a world where they did things quite differently. And finally we arrive to the subject of Human Sacrifice in ancient Canaan and even in Ancient Israel and how we may see a conflict between those who partook in human sacrifice and those who did not like it and who in turn wrote stories like "Abraham and Isaac at the Mount" in an attempt to show that we don't believe in that form of practice.
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