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Pagan Yahwism2024 Mar 8
The Torah's full of instructions to the Hebrews to not worship other gods or idols. This leads the modern reader to beg the question – what was going on back then that this was a problem? Here's a 2001 article from the Biblical Archeology Review which surveys what's been dug from the ground from that era, and how widespread idolatry and paganism was, and how deeply it infiltrated the everyday lives of ancient Hebrews.
The Torah's full of instructions to the Hebrews to not worship other gods or idols. This leads the modern reader to beg the question – what was going on back then that this was a problem? Here's a 2001 article from the Biblical Archeology Review which surveys what's been dug from the ground from that era, and how widespread idolatry and paganism was, and how deeply it infiltrated the everyday lives of ancient Hebrews.