The God Swap: How Ancient Israel Encountered The Universal Creator And Abandoned Their Tribal War God
Yahweh Was Tribal. Ahura Mazda Was Universal. The Jews Chose Ahura Mazda. The Most Suppressed Truth In Religious History INTRODUCTION: Two Very Different Gods YAHWEH (Pre-586 BCE): Tribal god of Israel only "The patron god of the Israelites" Storm god, war god Commands genocide of other tribes Jealous, wrathful, changes his mind Not universal - exclusive to one ethnic group AHURA MAZDA (1500-1000 BCE): Universal…
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Yahweh Was Tribal. Ahura Mazda Was Universal. The Jews Chose Ahura Mazda. The Most Suppressed Truth In Religious History INTRODUCTION: Two Very Different Gods YAHWEH (Pre-586 BCE): Tribal god of Israel only "The patron god of the Israelites" Storm god, war god Commands genocide of other tribes Jealous, wrathful, changes his mind Not universal - exclusive to one ethnic group AHURA MAZDA (1500-1000 BCE): Universal creator of ALL humanity "Uncreated, omniscient, omnipotent and benevolent" Created ALL peoples equally Never commands genocide Unchanging, all-knowing, purely good Universal - for every human being What happened when they met? The Jews abandoned Yahweh and adopted Ahura Mazda. But kept the name "Yahweh" and hid what they'd done. PART 1: YAHWEH - THE TRIBAL WAR GOD What Scholars Document "He was the tribal God. He was the storm God.