Who is Yahweh - How a Warrior-Storm God became the God of the Israelites and World Monotheism

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How did a warrior-storm god become Yahweh, the god of world Abrahamic monotheism? By tracing the earliest history of Yahweh ("The One Exists") to his origins in the area around Mt Seir to his immigration during the Bronze Age Collapse to the Judea Highlands around Shiloh, this episode explores the early history of the Israelite God. How did Yahweh and his Yahwism transform in theater of Canaanite religion - dominated by El, Ba'al, Asherah, Anat and other myth figures? What aspects of local religion did the Yahwists assimilate, reject and contend over in that process? This episode explore the early history of Yahweh and the rise of Yahweh henotheism/monolatry and primitive monotheism.

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"When we allow our faith to dictate history, we betray both" - Esoterica

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BSteenbeke
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My Youth Pastor once told me that studying Theology as a person of faith can really be a test of that faith. Having to confront your beliefs with facts about early human understanding. This is such a great essay. RIP Uncle Randy.

Dontjudgeme
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It's interesting that he was a warrior storm god, given that the Greeks also worshipped a pantheon of gods led by a storm god.
I guess that says a lot about how deeply storms affected early civilization as a whole.

KyokujiFGC
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“When we allow our faith to dictate history, we really betrayed both” love it, you have my respect sir!

sean
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It's refreshing and impressive that you, as a Jewish person (or any Christian or Muslim for that matter) are honestly engaging with the evidence on this. Thank you!

ScottJB
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I can't express how much I appreciate your integrity

alcosmic
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yahweh really played the long game but i gotta respect the hustle

rocketsummer
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When you beat Jehovah's first stage, but then He rips off His shirt and yells, "NOW I FIGHT AS YAHWEH, WARRIOR!"

Iknowtoomuchable
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"Severed hands flying around Anat like a storm of locusts."
damn that so metal!

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The simultaneous outpouring of academic and religious integrity alongside personal honesty and incredibly entertaining content across your livestreams, videos and interviews is truly the most precious gift YouTube has received since its very inception. I hope that content like yours, Dr. Angela’s, Seekers of Unity’s, Religion for Breakfast’s, Let’s Talk Religion’s and the Modern Hermeticist’s will inspire many others as much as it has inspired me. This little corner of YouTube stands as a rock amongst tempestuous waters, and though scholarship and historical research is as fluid and evolving as it always has been, the recognition of that fact is what separates the grain from the chaff. My most sincere and joyous gratitude goes out to you.

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"When we allow our faith to dictate our history, we really just betrayed both"
Well spoken Sir.
I like how well versed you are about a myriad of different cultures and theologies, and how you are able to take a step back and outline connections between those without taking a dogmatic tone. This approach makes it much more palatable to those that are less anchored in a particular faith.

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As much as I appreciate and endorse your scholarly rigor, I think most of my living family would spontaneously combust upon hearing your excellent lecture.

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When this got to El and Yahweh combining, and then Yahweh vs Baal, I was riveted, like I was watching some big action movie. You do a great job telling these topics!

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I really like that humility, scholarship is really just a process of "failing better"

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I tried talking about the origins of Yahweh with one of my Christian friends (she’s extremely interested in polytheistic religions, to the point where she markets herself as an expert on them) in a really friendly way and she acted as if it was the most blasphemous thing anyone could ever say.

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Finding authentic religious scholarship on YouTube is like finding a gold needle in a rotten haystack.

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I find your videos endlessly fascinating as a non religious person. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

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"When we allow our faith to dictate history, we betray both" You have my sub purely for this. Absolute Facts

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I usually have no patience for videos in which one guy just stares into the camera and delivers his monologue, but Dr Justin Sledge actually captured all my attention because what he was saying was so deep and evocative. I found myself replaying short segments over again to make sure I was following what he was saying. I almost never do that with anyone else's videos.

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As a fellow academic in the humanities, I applaud your willingness to tackle this topic publicly. A most promising trend!

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