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Yahweh’s journey from local warrior god assigned to weather and storms to his installation as the universal deity -- and the people who put him there.
So what does it mean to know God? I try to answer the question with some help from Anselm, Descartes, William James, and the Yahwist.
Five stories in Genesis 1-11, read as ancient Near Eastern myths, depict Yahweh as frequently surprised and exasperated by his uncontrollable human creatures. He is jealous of divine prerogatives, and in each story he reacts to an... more