(July 30, 2011 at 1:31 am)popeyespappy Wrote:(July 30, 2011 at 12:25 am)padraic Wrote: It was not until the book of Exodus and the introduction of Mosaic law that Judaism became monotheistic.
It’s my impression that based on language and writing style Exodus is considered to be one of the oldest books of the Bible, possibly dating to as early as 900 BC. If that’s true then it probably predates the adoption of monotheism by at least some Israelites by several hundred years.
Interesting; I can't dispute that. I said only that Judaism was not monthotheistic BEFORE Exodus.
In his recent book,"The Bible Unearthed" Israel Finkelstein reveals that he and others have yfound THOUSANDS of female deity figures all over Israel,dating to about 700bce. These finds indicate that although monotheism may have been the official religion by that time, many people still worshiped the old gods.
(Obviously not true jews)
