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The birth of monotheism; the rise and disappearance of Yahwism.(Brief article)(Book review)
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9781880317990
The birth of monotheism; the rise and disappearance of Yahwism.
Lemaire, Andre.
Biblical Archaeology Society
2007
160 pages
$24.95
Hardcover
BL221
It was during the Israelite captivity in Babylon that Lemaire (Hebrew and Aramaic philology and epigraphy, Ecole Pratiques des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne) places the appearance of the monotheism of biblical tradition....
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