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Matt Dillahunty covers the book of Exodus and the reasons that it is not a factual account of history.
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If we look at early religious history we see a lot of gods in conflict with one another who are (relative to the monotheistic Christian God) not all that powerful. It seems likely that the Israelites were still proto henotheistic at that point, giving credit for their escape from slavery to a pantheon of divinities. They hadn't fully grasped the fact that this one God was taking over for the entire pantheon of Gods and that they needed to abandon all but him. The commandment was no other Gods before me, however that seems to have eventually evolved into no other Gods but me...
Given that understanding, it all makes sense. The God of Moses had perhaps managed to free them, however they were also wanting prosperity and fertility, and these were the domain of different Gods. The wandering in the desert may have been the period that the God of Moses grew in power (in the eyes of his people), and eventually subsumed the roles of any other Israelite Gods.
Given that understanding, it all makes sense. The God of Moses had perhaps managed to free them, however they were also wanting prosperity and fertility, and these were the domain of different Gods. The wandering in the desert may have been the period that the God of Moses grew in power (in the eyes of his people), and eventually subsumed the roles of any other Israelite Gods.
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Capt Gregory Prickett
At the alleged time of the Exodus, the Jews still had multiple gods. It didn't drop down to one god until after the First Temple was destroyed.
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Capt Gregory Prickett - I always figured Solomon was backsliding into old ways that had previously become taboo... such as the honoring of foreign Gods. By the time of Solomon, the Israelite's were supposed to be henotheistic.
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