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Ancient Israel

23
Jan
An ancient image of Yahweh and Asherah as cattle-headed deities is superimposed over a Renaissance image of white-bearded father God gazing down from clouds.

When Yahweh Had a Bull’s Head

Ancient biblical laws emerged from a symbolic world very different from ours, yet we imagine Abraham, Moses, and Yahweh through Renaissance images that distort their original meaning.
4 min read
13
Jan
How Yahweh Became God: From Canaanite Deity to World Religion

How Yahweh Became God: From Canaanite Deity to World Religion

Yahweh did not begin as the one God of heaven and earth. He began as a local deity among many—and survived war, exile, and empire to become the God of three world religions. This essay explores what that transformation reveals about faith, power, and our evolving understanding of the divine.
6 min read