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The North Answers Jerusalem
What did Israelite religion look like when the northern kingdom developed outside Jerusalem’s political and priestly control?
Part III — Gods and Kingdoms
What did northern Yahwism look like?
What did Israelite religion look like when the northern kingdom developed outside Jerusalem’s political and priestly control?
The northern kingdom built its own centers of power and worship. Dan, Bethel, Samaria, royal calves, Baal, and Asherah reveal a Yahwism more diverse than later biblical verdicts suggest.
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