A History of God

[Irony]

I just ran across this little gem explaining the history of the Hebrew god.



A lot of this I already knew, but a few bits were new to me. In particular, knowing that Yahweh was originally the Hebrew god of war makes so many of the passages about him in the Bible make far more sense.

 

[mutile]

Nonsense he is the God of everything in the bible.

 

[Zanders]

Very fascinating video. I will have to do some research and make sure that everything is true, but it sounds very interesting.

 

[Blackadder]

Very fascinating video. I will have to do some research and make sure that everything is true, but it sounds very interesting.

If you do, please report your findings here.

 

[rjh01]

This book is a good start http://www.amazon.com/Testament-Bible-History-John-Romer/dp/0805009396. Ages since I read it.

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

Yeah, I have to admit that I found it fascinating, but the whole way through I had a little voice in the back of my head saying "I hope he's going to provide a cite for that....which biblical scholars say that?...on what evidence is that based?...that sounds a little like it's coloured by personal opinion..." and so on. It'd be very nice to know just how true it all is.

I'm also interested to know from which clipart source the creator* got that silhouette of Asherah.

*of the video, not the universe

 

[Zanders]

Yeah, I have to admit that I found it fascinating, but the whole way through I had a little voice in the back of my head saying "I hope he's going to provide a cite for that....which biblical scholars say that?...on what evidence is that based?...that sounds a little like it's coloured by personal opinion..." and so on. It'd be very nice to know just how true it all is.

I'm also interested to know from which clipart source the creator* got that silhouette of Asherah.

*of the video, not the universe

The video description has some links posted.

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

The video description has some links posted.

Thanks. I didn't actually visit YouTube itself. I'll have a look when I've got time.

 

[triadboy]

I liked it. It's in line with everything I've read.