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8021 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, History Of, 3.63

… to Yahweh where they brought their sacrifices to which they had been accustomed at home. In an Aramaic letter, still preserved and dating from the year 411 …

8022 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, History Of, 3.64

… of Yahweh for the return of the Israelites out of captivity, and of whom the prophets had predicted. And this expectation was fulfilled with remarkable rapidity …

8023 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, History Of, 3.70

… of Yahweh, held themselves aloof from the peoples living round about them, especially from the mixed peoples of Samaria. Samaria was the breeding-place for …

8024 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, History Of, 3.76

… of Yahweh in Jerusalem should be dedicated to the Olympian Jupiter and forbade most stringently the observance of the Sabbath and circumcision. A large …

8025 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Kingdom of.28

… of Yahweh was carried on as before. It seems as if the people had fallen back from the pure monotheism of Moses and David into what is known as henotheism. Against …

8026 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Kingdom of.32

… of Yahweh put to death by order of Jezebel, but in reality it was much wider and aimed at nothing less than rooting out the Baal-worship altogether, and enforcing …

8029 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 1.15

(4) Impossibility of Representing Yahweh by an Image

8030 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 1.54

… that Yahweh does not demand any human sacrifices. Jacob still has the narrow view, that the place where he has slept is the entrance portal to heaven ( Genesis …

8031 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 1.56

… the Yahweh-religion had not thoroughly permeated the ranks of the common people, and had practically remained the possession of the men, while the women …

8032 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 1.60

… of Yahweh are just as little a proof for the claim that calves were worshipped by the ancestors of Israel as divinities. We read nothing of such an image before …

8034 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 1.71

… name Yahweh ( Genesis 4:25 ), while E (Elohist) and P (Priestly Code) tell us that this name came into use only through Moses.

8035 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 1.72

… of Yahweh. A special priesthood, however, did not yet exist in this period, as the head of the family and of the tribe exercised the priestly functions and rights …

8036 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 1.73

… with Yahweh: (1) The Covenant-Idea. Israel claims that its existence as a nation and its special relation to Yahweh begins with its exodus from Egypt and with …

8037 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 1.74

… -God, Yahweh. The special revelation which Moses received is characterized by the word Yahweh (Yahweh) as a name for God. This name, according to the well-authenticated …

8038 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 1.75

… as Yahweh did in Israel (compare, e.g. 2 Chronicles 28:23 ). But the idea that the faithful worshippers of Yahweh after the days of Moses ever recognized as equal …

8039 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 1.76

(4) Impossibility of Representing Yahweh by an Image.

8040 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 1.77

… that Yahweh cannot be represented by any image. In this doctrine, too, there is a conscious contrast to the nations round about Israel (in addition to Exodus …