5/26/2023 0 Comments May Day by Thom Stark![]() ![]() During and after the exile, the gods of the council became angels, mere messengers of Yahweh, who by the end of the exilic period was conceived of as the lone council head over the gods of all nations. Before the exile, Israelite religion affirmed a council of gods which may or may not have been headed by Yahweh. One specific feature of Israelite religion offered as proof of this development is the divine council. This evolution, according to the consensus view, was achieved through the zealous commitment of Israelite scribes who edited and reworked the Hebrew Bible to reflect emerging monotheism and to compel the laity to embrace the idea. ![]() The polytheistic nature of pre-exilic Israelite religion and Israel’s gradual evolution toward monotheism are taken as axiomatic in current biblical scholarship. ![]() I'd be interested in knowing what has been the response to his paper by other scholars. ![]()
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