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Yahweh Marches into Canaan
What does the earliest evidence suggest about Yahweh’s geographic origins and his movement into the religious world of Canaan?
Part II — Israel Emerges
Where did Yahweh come from?
What does the earliest evidence suggest about Yahweh’s geographic origins and his movement into the religious world of Canaan?
The oldest biblical poetry repeatedly pictures Yahweh coming from the arid south, raising the question of how this southern divine figure became Israel’s God.
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