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The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts. By Mark S. Smith (Oxford University Press, $60). In recent years, many scholars, S. included, view monotheism as a later phenomenon in Israel than older scholars, such as Albright, proposed. In part 1, S. studies polytheism in Ugarit and concludes that the notion of a polytheistic divine family was more understandable to many ancients than monotheism. In part 2, he surveys issues like the strength ...

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