Greg Jennings
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This is not a question meant to rock anyone's belief system. It's just a hypothetical based on my observations regarding the Old Testament. So nobody freak out here.
In the old testament there is reference to Semitic polytheism. An example would be the Jews worshipping a golden calf in Exodus as well as references to Canaanite gods El and Baal. It could be argued that El is YHWH as he is referred to as El and Elohim throughout the old testament. My question is this: does it seem to anyone else that maybe El was the 'victor' among the chief Semitic gods? And due to this he was the only one worshipped by the Jews and to this day is still the only one worshipped?
Remember I'm not trying to rock the boat here. Just posing a question about the transition from old testament polytheism to monotheism. If this question offends you feel free to not answer
In the old testament there is reference to Semitic polytheism. An example would be the Jews worshipping a golden calf in Exodus as well as references to Canaanite gods El and Baal. It could be argued that El is YHWH as he is referred to as El and Elohim throughout the old testament. My question is this: does it seem to anyone else that maybe El was the 'victor' among the chief Semitic gods? And due to this he was the only one worshipped by the Jews and to this day is still the only one worshipped?
Remember I'm not trying to rock the boat here. Just posing a question about the transition from old testament polytheism to monotheism. If this question offends you feel free to not answer