Christopher Rollston on the Rise of Monotheism in Ancient Israel

Monotheism in ancient Israel was a late(r) development, certainly not part of early Israelite religion. Within this article, the basic biblical and epigraphic evidence is employed, with frequent reference to seminal secondary studies. Link to a pdf.

3 comments:

Edwardtbabinski said...

Another free read is RELIGIO-HISTORICAL APPROACHES: MONOTHEISM, METHOD, AND MORTALITY Which brings one up to date concerning what scholars are saying about the rise of monotheism in Israelite religion.

nazani said...

I found all I really needed to know about the rise of monotheism in Wright's "The Evolution of God," but this is a good link if the book is unavailable.

Jeffrey A. Myers said...

I've noticed that most of the really scholarly articles don't get many responses from Christians because there isn't a lot to argue about. This was a good link that provides a lot of the 'context' that Christians always say we are missing when we godless heathens try to interpret the Bible.