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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I was reading a scholar's book and one of her central themes was that there are clearly two gods in the Bible. It was really dry reading, couldn't finish.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Some argue that there are even more! I'm definitely not an expert on this one, but I remember something about Yahweh being the god of some town or village that then somehow got absorbed into the old testament god when tribes and traditions consolidated, and then new testament god is just a completely different animal. I'm probably getting something wrong, so don't quote me.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Seems clear early Jews believed in multiple gods. There's more than a couple passages in the Old Testament talking about gods, plural. I would think singular vs. plural would make the translations, and even if you changed the passage to singular god, it wouldn't make sense or need to be stated.

    "You shall have no other gods before me.", comes to mind.

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