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>monotheism of Moses Was Moses a monotheist, though? I thought that at the time depicted in the Pentateuch, the Israelites were henotheists - they believed tha
by cholantesh 9y ago
>monotheism of Moses
Was Moses a monotheist, though? I thought that at the time depicted in the Pentateuch, the Israelites were henotheists - they believed that there were many gods but that YHWH was the only one worthy of worship.
- olavk 9y agoIndeed, and Akhenatens was heneotheist also, since he elevated Aten to the primary god, but still allowed the other gods.
- WillReplyfFood 9y agoOn could argue that even jesus did allow for xeno-theism, given that he argued for giving the roman emperor what the roman emperor was due- and the roman emperors at that time considered themselves basically gods or god decendants.
- olavk 9y agoI don't think you can argue that. Jesus argued it was acceptable for Jews to pay taxes, but certainly not that it was acceptable for Jews to worship the emperor. In any case, only some emperors where proclaimed divine, and it only happened after their death. Tiberius (the emperor at the time of Jesus) was never proclaimed divine. Caligula was the first to be proclaimed divine while still living, and this was after Jesus.