Trauma and Abstract Monotheism: Jewish Exile and Recovery in the Sixth Century B.C.E.

From: Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life andThought | Date: March 22, 2001| Author: ABERBACH, DAVID | Copyright information

THE EXILE OF THE JUDEANS IN THE SIXTH CENTURY B.C.E. is often linked to the emergence ofJudaism as a universal, e xclusively monotheist religion. [1] However, exile alone cannot account for the revolutionary nature of the Jewish acceptance of monotheism. It does not answer central questions relating to the biblical world: Why did non-monotheist religion in Jewish life, "the idols of wood and stone," suffer a mortal blow just then, ultimately vanishing from mainstream Judaism as...

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