Yahweh

BACKGROUND: All through the course of history, there has been questions relating to the origin of mankind. Different individuals have narrated over the centuries various accounts of mankind 's creation and history of the world. The history of a people matter because it provide us with account of the events of the past which can help to understand the happenings in the present and possibly the future. The Biblical account of the world provide us with accounts of the world 's beginning, God 's

Israel.(ampleforth) The writer also gives prophesies of covenants and achievements.(ampleforth) For example the promise of Issac's birth was achieved later in the book.(ampleforth) Finally, in the Deuteronomist writings, Israel had a covenant with Yahweh, in which they had to obey all of Yahweh's laws which, states how Israel has many setbacks, political problems, and sufferings.(smp) In summary, not being founded until 2000 years after the writings, the Pentateuch authors are the earliest and most

Israelites were monotheistic, a range of primary sources, both biblical and archaeological, suggest that the ancient Israelites had acknowledged the existence of, and actively worshipped or prayed to, more than one deity before adopting a single god, Yahweh, as their primary deity. It is more accurate to characterize the religion of ancient Israel as polytheistic, the belief that more than one god exists. Moreover, it is important to recognize that the religion of ancient Israel had, through reform,

Ancient Jews and their Belief in God(s) Throughout the centuries, the Jewish people have maintained their customs and religion. One of the most common assumptions has been that the ancient Jews have always been monotheistic. Yet, upon closer examination, this conventional wisdom is inaccurate. Ugaritic texts, archeological data, and the Biblical narrative itself all demonstrate that the ancient Jews were not monotheistic, contrary to what many believe. In fact, there is proof that they acknowledged

The Hebrews served a monotheistic God, who they called Yahweh. He is an all-powerful and non human like being. They believed he made them in his image and gave them dominion over the earth. Their God was unlike any other gods at the time because he was friendly, compassionate, forgiving and all-powerful. God gave the Hebrews structure, a background, hope, and purpose. Every society needs rules to protect and keep the community in line. God gave Moses the ten commandments which they lived on.1 The

To have a drought in ancient Israel would spell suffering for all of the people; droughts were not uncommon in the region, and the situation could quickly lead to a dire famine. Scholars are uncertain of the length of the drought but there is some indication that the drought lasted three years, and it was an absolute dry spell of abnormal length. It does not rain in the region during the summer, it only rains October through March. However, with it being a hilly region closed to the Mediterranean

Therefore, the plague narrative also serves a function of demonstrating who Yahweh is to His own people. Israel must also know Yahweh as we see in Exodus 10:2. Throughout the narrative, we see many allusions to the Egyptian gods and the impotence of these gods before God of Israel.9 There are multiple gods in the Egyptian temple. As an example, in the

the dialogue: the part that deals with the governmental structure of Israel. But today, I want to spend a little time on a single statement he makes that, I believe, is applicable to every single one of us today. Exodus 18:11 (NKJ) "Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all the gods (elohim). For in the very thing in which they behaved proudly, He was above them." (parenthetical insertion mine)

When studying the Bible, one encounters different details from seemingly identical narratives and passages. These narratives and passages are called doublets. In biblical scholar, Richard Friedman’s book Who Wrote the Bible?, he states that a “doublet is a case of the same story being told twice” with variations in specific details (22). Some examples of doublets in the Bible are two different stories of creation, the covenant between God and Abraham, Joseph sold into slavery and more. The doublet

Reading for Week # 4 Question 1: What did I learn about the nature and activity of God? I don’t generally believe that God speaks directly to me, but this summer some things have happened to me that cannot be explained except to say some type of divine intervention took place. One of these things that happened was God changed my long held view that I had. I myself was once a young earth creationist even though my father (a retired Southern Baptist minister), did not believe in a strict interpretation