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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