Foreword by Patrick D.
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This thoroughly revised second edition of The Early History of God includes a substantial new preface by the author and a foreword by Patrick D.
Drawing on epigraphic and archaeological sources, Smith cogently demonstrates that Israelite religion was not an outright rejection of foreign, pagan gods but, rather, was the result of the progressive establishment of a distinctly separate Israelite identity.
Repudiating the traditional view that Israel was fundamentally different in culture and religion from its Canaanite neighbors, this provocative book argues that Israelite religion developed, at least in part, from the religion of Canaan.
Smith explains how Israel\'s religion evolved from a cult of Yahweh as a primary deity among many to a fully defined monotheistic faith with Yahweh as sole god.
Miller In this remarkable, acclaimed History of the development of monotheism, Mark S.
Foreword by Patrick D
