The earliest Yahwistic traditions reveal that Yahweh was a bedouin war god from the deserts of Edom and of the surrounding regions. Smith (guy is a Catholic)), and some believe to be a god found in the Midianite The most foundational belief in Bible, and in all the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam), is that Allah, God, or Yahweh/YHWH, is the only true revealed God (monotheism). That whole concept came later when Yahweh "usurped" El's mantle (according to the politics of the adherents) and the other gods were eschewed by the revolutionary neo-pagan Canaanites. Baal is best known today from the Bible as the antagonist of the Israelite cult of Yahweh. For example, even if one subscribes to a division of the book of Isaiah into two parts, it is widely agreed that proto-Isaiah (chapters 1-39) was written before the Babylonian exile and it is strongly Oct 9, 2020 · For references see: Smith, Mark S. 26 When the king of Moab realized he was losing the battle, he and 700 swordsmen tried to break through and attack the king of Edom, but they failed. Note: Concerning Karen Armstrong's, A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, a criticism of the book that I have received (and have not yet reread the relevant sections of the book), is that "armstrong spends about half a chapter on this particular topic, and in my opinion, doesn't do a very good job of it. Psalm 11:6 The Holiness of God The next attribute is God's holiness. This is why the Old Testament is absolutely FILLED with mass murder and the genocide of the tribal nations of Canaan and the Levantine. The Bible strongly condemns practices that are Apr 27, 2024 · YAHWEH > Cannanite pagan Volcano-War God. Yahweh was one of the many pagan gods making up the Elohim, but the Isrealites eventually "promoted" him to be their monotheistic creator God. The various tribes So yes it does mean a god. Joined: Aug 2013 The focal point of attention was the Ka'aba (Arabic for "cube"), a shrine in the centre of the city containing over three hundred idols, chief of whom was the god Hubal (a probable derivation from the ancient high-god Ba'al, so often spoken of as the chief object of worship of the pagan nations around Israel in the Bible). Aug 22, 2010 · Aug 22, 2010 #1. Before the Israelites entered the promised land, Moses told them, “Thou art to pass The ten plagues are Yahweh’s war with the gods of Egypt. Lewis’s high view of the pagan gods affected the way he wrote his own Christian works. Egyptian slavery and Exodus, Midian freedom, Ten plagues, Ten Commandments, Red Sea parting, Mount Sinai, golden calf, angels and demons. " The name contains reference to both Yahweh and El. Dec 5, 2021 · This is a retelling of The Exodus story with pagan myth thrown in. Host of heaven, Shining Ones and the stars. The gods of Canaan and Jezebel vs. You must not follow their customs. It is generally accepted that the term Shasu means nomads or Bedouin people, referring primarily to the nomadic or semi-nomadic peoples of Syria-Palestine. #13168361 09/30/1813168361 09/30/18. Before Yahweh became the God of ancient Israel, archaeological Jan 14, 2019 · The most popular pagan god was known as Baal (Lord or Master). He is known for his justice, mercy, and power. ' Job 6:60. The latter interpretation that "Yahweh is my God" makes far more sense than the interpretation than "God is my Yahweh. Except for The Leader of this pantheon was a god named El. " For it to say what you are claiming: "El is my god" the name would have be something like "Eliyel. After his return to the Nine Realms, Tyr was betrayed by his father, Odin who imprisoned him and attacked the Giants. In the Ugarit belief system El Elyon (EL the Most High or EL of the Mountains) was the chief of the gods. The theological position of the Tanakh is that the names ʼĒl and ' Ĕlōhîm, when used in the singular to mean the supreme god, refer to Yahweh, beside whom other gods are supposed to be either nonexistent or insignificant. The god of the Bible is just another tribal deity who is associated with a particular people and the land that they inhabit. Note that the older Hebrew scriptures speak as if the other gods were real, just inferior to Yahweh. He had a consort named Asherah and was subject to El, the head of the pantheon and his father. Jews normally do not pronounce this name, considering it too holy to verbalize. Now, if you don't know what philology is Re: YAHWEH > Cannanite pagan Volcano-War God. Joined: Aug 2013 Jan 24, 2024 · Re: YAHWEH > Cannanite pagan Volcano-War God. El gave Yahweh his kingdom (Israel) and that isn’t a metaphor, its literal. [1] Moloch, Molech, or Molek [a] is a word which appears in the Hebrew Bible several times, primarily in the Book of Leviticus. It’s all in this biblically The Temple of Baal Shamen, Palmyra, Syria. Joined: Nov 2006 Yahweh, in this pantheon, was a war and storm deity. Yahweh was without question one the seventy sons of El and Asherah, who were no “pagan” Gods. Yahweh himself says he is a jealous god, and if we take the understanding of what love is from Paul then it is clear that if Yahweh is a jealous god that Yahweh cannot be love. All of them indicate some kind of origin or benefit or relationship that derives from human experience and that Once Yahweh was adopted as Israel’s God in the tenth century B. How did a desert war god originally worshiped by ancient Israel’s southern Nov 9, 2021 · Astarte is the Canaanite/Phoenician goddess of love, sex, war, and hunting who developed from the Mesopotamian deity Inanna / Ishtar. Based on what they say, before Yahweh was transformed into a Canaanite diety and a brother equivalent of Ba'al Hadad (presumably the inspiration for Moloch, as secular people state) he was Dec 27, 2015 · If Yahweh was actually equated with a serpentine war chicken, then so was the Persian Mithras* (god of truth and justice, cattle, harvest and water), the Greek Venus (goddess of love and sexuality), and the Egyptian gods Thoth (god of knowledge and literacy) and Anubis (embalming god, protector of dead) as well as many others – as you can see Jul 28, 2022 · In one ancient synagogue excavated in 2000 in Sepphoris, Helios is transformed; instead of his image there is only a sun disk—driving the quadriga. Instead, whenever they encounter this unpronounceable string of consonants, (YHWH) they speak the name Adonai. 11 votes, 18 comments. However, the Old Testament states that God personally commanded the army of the Hebrews to destroy the Canaanite nations. After the Babylonian Exile (6th century bce ), and especially from the 3rd Mar 14, 2013 · It appears that Yahweh, the tribal god of IsraEL, started out as one of many pagan deities in a polytheistic culture. g. As a Semitic common noun baal (Hebrew baʿal) meant “owner” or “lord,” although it could be used We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. ) God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. I found out that he was originally a deity in a Canaanite pantheon. 27 So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him up as a burnt sacrifice on the wall. Yes. 23:20–33; Lev. “When the LORD [Yahweh] your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them Sep 30, 2023 · YAHWEH > Cannanite pagan Volcano-War God. (2001). It has both a female and a male identity. I believe Yahweh was originally a volcano god. Chapter Six examines the historical origin of Yahweh, the dominant deity of Israelite religion. Joined: Aug 2005 One is that Yahweh was a fairly minor Bronze Age Canaanite god of storms, war, and metallurgy (“Canaanite” is a catch-all term for various ethnic groups that existed around the region of modern-day Palestine, Israel, and Jordan). I'm curious how you even came up with this question. It’s Yahweh”, and if you read my books, you’ll find out I also think Yahweh is a pagan deity. As "pagan" is typically defined as "not Jewish, Christian or Islamic" , technically, no, Yahweh is not pagan. Yahweh and his father became conflated later on obviously, but it is 100% a fact that they were two different deities and El was the one in charge, not Yahweh. This theory did not come about until recently when secular scholars have said that because the Israelites spent 40 years in the desert ( Numbers That is one example that it might be permissible to worship other gods, as long as Yahweh was first. Responding To Pagan Depictions Of Yahweh. Orthodox Jews strenuously avoid mentioning or even writing the divine name Aug 3, 2023 · Asherah or asherim refer to more than just the person of the deity. Some scholars believe that asherim were not poles, but living trees (like the one depicted on the Tanaach Cult Stand). The one true God is the unmoved mover, the Alpha and Omega, the First Principle (as the greeks categorized it). she The Gods Must Die to Live. The Old Testament surprisingly contains many references to the pagan El and Elohim. 18:24–28; 20:23; Dt. Joined: Mar 2007 Mar 31, 2023 · Yahweh is portrayed as a jealous God who demands complete obedience and punishes those who worship other gods (Deuteronomy 6:13–15). Yahweh is a tribal, ethnocentric god. What we are talking about is the philology of the names used by the Hebrews for the God of Abraham. Baal and Asherah were two of the other important gods in the early pantheon, but the god of war was Yahweh, and escaping from Babylonian captivity he became their main guy for long enough that they eventually revised the other two out of the mythology. The people of Jericho and the other cities of Canaan, and even the land itself, had become defiled by the idol worship, so the Canaanites were to be destroyed, subdued, and driven out ( Ex. Over time Israel viewed Yahweh as El / morphed them, whereas the emergent Phoencians merged El to Baal. In Egypt the Babylon female Ia or Ya" was changed into a male god and the female god was named "Shua" and made the sky god. There was an outburst of divine anger against Israel Yahweh unlike the gods of the other faiths is distinct in fact numerous times in ancient religions the Gods always asked for some format of human sacrifice weather it be child, parent or elderly often times this would coincide with the farm cycle of the culture those humans being sacrificed would appease the gods so in turn they would send good crops next year. Readers can evaluate the Hebrew Bible’s foundation stories about Yahweh (and vis-à-vis El worship) juxtaposed next to the epigraphic record with datable texts ranging from 14th-13th centuries BCE Egyptian geographical lists to a ninth century BCE Moabite inscription to multiple ninth I have recently read about the origins of Yahweh, our God. yahweh wasn't so much "the god of war" as a great warrior deity like baal. The Israelites were no different from other peoples. The first historical document pointing toward the existence of Yahweh worship is an Egyptian inscription that dates to the rule of pharaoh Amenhotep III, who lived Aug 25, 2022 · According to scholar Nissim Amzallag, Yahweh originated during the Bronze Age, in Canaanite religion, as the patron god of metallurgy, considering metals were an important hallmark of that time period. Starman #13169470 09/30/18. Exodus 12:12 states that in rescuing the Israelites from Egypt, Yahweh executed judgment upon all the gods of Egypt. Understanding the relationship between Yahweh and the Canaanite pantheon provides valuable insights into the religious transformation that occurred within ancient Israel. The name was also used as a title, however, meaning "Lord" and was applied to a number of different deities throughout the ancient Near East. No. Oct 4, 2018 · Yahweh is a typical ancient Near Eastern "divine warrior", who leads the heavenly army against Israel's enemies; he later became the main god of the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) and of Judah, and over time the royal court and temple promoted Yahweh as the god of the entire cosmos. These terms are often, especially in the Biblical texts, used for consecrated poles. ' He is the holy One. " Aug 17, 2018 · The Origins of a God. It is strange to me, because while video games use Christian mythology a lot they don't use the monotheistic world faiths in this way. While it is likely that there existed a patron deity of metallurgy, the identity of the Canaanite god of smelting remains unknown. She traveled to Egypt through trade where she was adopted as a war deity and consort of Set. According to modern "scholars" and many Christians the Massoretic text incorrectly borrowed the vowels from the Hebrew word for "Lord. The postulation that Allah ( God in Islam) originated as a moon god first arose in 1901 in the scholarship of archaeologist Hugo Winckler. In Babylon the moon god is called Ia or Ya. and goes about Do Pagans find the God of War video game series to be offensive? While the creators clearly did a lot of research on the Greek Gods, the plot is basically the player going around disemboweling the Gods. And they are not about to let the Israelites go without a fight. Tombs in the Valley of Hinnom, the location of the tophet, just outside the city of ancient Jerusalem, where Moloch rituals were performed according to 2 Kings 23:10. By the time of the Babylonian exile (circa 590 BCE), Yahweh was definitely being worshipped as a monotheistic deity. Angels and demons, principalities and powers, spiritual warfare. Exod 15:51. ago. Joined: Aug 2013 Nov 5, 2021 · Baal (also given as Ba'al) is a Canaanite-Phoenician god of fertility and weather, specifically rainstorms. Chemosh ( Moabite: 𐤊𐤌𐤔‎, romanized: Kamōš; Biblical Hebrew: כְּמוֹשׁ, romanized: Kəmōš) was an ancient Semitic deity whose existence is recorded during the Iron Age. " Thus, the tetragrammaton (JHWH) would be pronounced as "Jehovah. The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts. He was responsible for bringing the rain in the winter season to assure May 31, 2024 · Yahweh, name for the God of the Israelites, representing the biblical pronunciation of “YHWH,” the Hebrew name revealed to Moses in the book of Exodus. Starman #13174731 10/02/18. As this is also the core of the Tanakh (Judaism), Bible (Christianity), and Qur'an/Koran (Islam); questions concerning the source of, and the validity of, this Dec 30, 2005 · Actually, but a moment s reflection will show that El and Yahweh are not the same god. That is to say, separate from the pagan paradigm and dedicated to the one true God. Another significant aspect of the Yahwist transformation was Abraham lived in a pagan world and was called by God to father a group of people who are to be holy. It was Israel who experienced the difference between Yahweh and the gods (Ex 15:11). • 5 yr. Joined: Aug 2005 Re: YAHWEH > Cannanite pagan Volcano-War God. One account refers to him as the son of Dagon, the god of the Philistines (Jud. It’s right there in his book! He’s telling you Yahweh is the name of some Egyptian deity that’s also worshipped by the Latins. Oxford University Pre PhotogenicEwok. : 269 In Ancient Greek, the god's name is given as Sēth (Σήθ). There are two significant hieroglyphic references in New Kingdom period texts to an area called 'the land of the Shasu of Yahweh. deegemc. Canaanite king of the underworld, Helel, is a prototype for Lucifer (Helel tried sitting on El's throne, but couldn't, so he went to the darkness underground and Aug 3, 2002 · Foreword by Patrick D. •• Edited. Holy and reverend is his name. Joined: Aug 2013 Nov 7, 2018 · He captured the hearts of billions of people for the last 200 years to tell them, “Hey, guys. He identified Allah with a pre-Islamic Arabian deity known as Lah or Hubal, which he called a lunar deity. Whether this was a long-standing belief or a relatively new one has long been the subject of inconclusive scholarly How did a warrior-storm god become Yahweh, the god of world Abrahamic monotheism? By tracing the earliest history of Yahweh ("The One Exists") to his origins Re: YAHWEH > Cannanite pagan Volcano-War God. These poles represent living trees, with which the goddess is associated. Here is a stronger example from the KJV that so many evangelicals claim is literal and inerrant, not subject to interpretation: Psalms 82:1 - “(A Psalm of Asaph. The wrathful, capricious temperament of Yahweh belies deep insecurity, for if Gnostic myth points to the truth, this god is a fraud, a violent and demented imposter. And that heaven is in the sky. He is also known for his wrath and is often associated with punishment and Sep 29, 2015 · This pagan idol has its roots in Babylon and Egypt. But it doesn't mean THE God. The authority of the Watchers, Sons of God. Baal was the male god of fertility, both in human reproduction and agriculture. In the Bible, Yahweh is often referred to as “the Lord” or “God” and is seen as a loving and compassionate deity who cares for his people. Psa 111:1. Yahweh being a pagan god is not widely accepted by scholars, which is true. Child The other Canaanite gods - Ba'al, Asherah, Anat, etc. Territorial spirits and the inheritance of the nations. It is easily demonstrated that Yahwism and Elism were distinct religions, differing in more ways than they were alike. This gave birth to monotheism. E. You are to practice My ordinances and you are to keep My statutes by following them; I am Yahweh Leiden: Brill, 1965); Patrick D. . El ruled over a court of many lesser gods, called the Elohim. Oct 22, 2018 · Yahweh is the name of the state god of the ancient Kingdom of Israel and, later, the Kingdom of Judah. Joined: Mar 2007 Apr 20, 2022 · Although the context of war is a sinful one, God’s holiness and love meet this problem of sin through justice and righteousness. It is not that "Jehovah," or more precisely YHWH is a heathen deity (only the gods of the Romans are Pagan, by the way--the gods of non-Romans are technically called "heathen" if you want to be precise). The idea that the Hebrew god once had a consort, Asherah, was a shock to some biblical scholars. If Yahweh is religion and Baal is Idolatry, the two become one in a church-state system whether it is 501c preachers or Antiochus Epiphanes AKA "Mithra-Dates" inserting Zeus (Olympics, e. Leviathan the sea dragon of chaos vs. Thus, Yahweh’s role as the divine “Warrior,” along with that of “King” and “Judge,” gives a positive character to the concept of “the wars of Yahweh,” in that it suggests an end to the apparent Elohim (AKA El) was the original father god, and the mythology merged him with Yahweh over time. And the fact that he 'blew' life into the first golem/human. By the time God reached Christianity, aspects of the Zoroastrian and Platonic gods had also joined the mix. Although some biblical writings suggest a south Canaanite origin of Yahweh, no details are provided concerning his Yahweh (יהוה) (ya•'we) is the primary Hebrew name of God in the Bible. Smith explains how Israel's religion evolved from a cult of Yahweh as a primary deity among many to a fully defined monotheistic faith with Yahweh as sole god. C. Yahweh was a God in the Canaanite pantheon. Jun 30, 2020 · The divine council of the gods. YHWH and El may have been separate gods of the south and the north (respectively) and eventually merged as the people slowly became Answer: All of the words for God that come from human language have originally “pagan” or, one might say, “unrevealed” roots, yet these pagan words for God or the gods contain notions of God that indicate our relation to him. In antiquity, south-eastern Canaan was a very important centre for copper smelting. The canaanite religion predates the proto-Judaic religion. He originated as a wind/war god. Set (/ s ɛ t /; Egyptological: Sutekh - swtẖ ~ stẖ or: Seth / s ɛ θ /) is a god of deserts, storms, disorder, violence, and foreigners in ancient Egyptian religion. Only one verse from one book of the Bible makes a clear case that Yahweh might be all-loving but so many books from across the Old and New Testaments show, in some cases Yahweh was the name of the Christian god (okay technically the god of Judaism first) which has no reference in Caanite myth. I don't believe in either but I respect them in the sense that I respect Ned more than Cersei if that makes sense. Since it is a highly individualistic movement, it is up to the individual to come to terms with the overarching religious culture in which we find ourselves. Deuteronomy 32 hints at a spiritual reality behind the false gods of the nations, calling them “demons. '. And those gods are not myths. F Albright, Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan: An Historical Analysis of Two Conflicting Faiths (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1968); Matitiahu Tsevat, “God and the Gods in Assembly,” Hebrew Union Mar 8, 2010 · The Name Yahweh in Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts. " Yet, the modern scholars theorize that the Massorite's were incorrect in the pronunciation of the “Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lieth under, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:” ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭49‬:‭25‬ ‭KJV‬‬ This shows God is The Almighty and not one of the gods of pagans Abstract. His name is composed of four Hebrew consonants (YHWH, known as the Tetragrammaton) which the prophet Moses is said to have revealed to his people and is sometimes given in English as "Jehovah. This notion has been dismissed by modern scholarship as being without basis. It either say "El (God) is my Yahweh" or "Yahweh is my El (God). Chemosh was the supreme deity of the Canaanite state of Moab and the patron-god of its population, the Moabites, [1] [2] who in consequence were called the Paganism has no central authority and no central doctrine, so Paganism cannot as a religion hate any other religion. However, many would say that he was originally found in the Canaanite pantheon (John Day (his book was the start of all this: Yahweh and the gods and goddesses of Canaan) and Mark S. Baal, god worshipped in many ancient Middle Eastern communities, especially among the Canaanites, who apparently considered him a fertility deity and one of the most important gods in the pantheon. He was not averse, in fact he was wholly committed, to using paganism for literary purposes. The fact that you are correct, the ancient Jewish faith was a small Canaanite cult devoted to a minor war god doesn't change that. , many important aspects of this long-lived desert cult—including worship of a war and hunting god, aniconism, sacred travel and commemoration, and metallurgy—became hallmarks of Israelite worship and religion. There is the Midianite theory about Yahweh being a smelter god, a god of metallurgy. 18:12; 20:16–18; 31:3–5 ). ) into the church along with pigs (Zoonotic Yahweh being a pagan god also comes with more complications these days. The syncretism or conflation of Yahweh with Baal creates confusion. They are demons. creation. Do not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, or follow the practices of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. She is usually associated with the storm god Baal but seems to have been much more popular. It was out of the richness 2 Kings 3:26-27 reads. Seraphims cry, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory much of the myths surrounding yahweh are lifted directly from baal, which suggests that two were competition. Well read up on that. When a person then combines these forms into Iashua The biblical texts often depict Yahweh in conflict with the Canaanite gods, demonstrating the theological shift away from polytheism towards the exclusive worship of Yahweh. One Gnostic scholar describes him as a sullen, disgruntled bully, prone to fits of rage, who “propagates a gang of angelic henchmen, rulers (‘archons’) . ” Prohibited Pagan Practices - Yahweh spoke to Moses: “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am Yahweh your God. YAHWEH: A PAGAN GOD. Miller In this remarkable, acclaimed history of the development of monotheism, Mark S. Baal was the son of El and Asherah. However, after an epiphany, he renounced his title as the God of War and set off on a pilgrimage of self-reflection, and became an advocate of peace. Yahweh was also a god of storms originally, and with time the worship of other gods such as Baal became forbidden and then A place to discuss and debate religion. If you learned about a god who created heaven and hell will end the world in an apocalypse, you got some Zoroastrian ideas about God. Glorious in holiness. Which makes sense with the older stories where he would command war and genocide. Also posted… and wonders, by war, or by great and awesome deeds, like all the things the Yahweh and the Gods: A Theology of World Religions It was Israel who saw the uniqueness of Yahweh acting in her history (Ex 8:6; 9:14). Joined: Mar 2007 Yahweh is believed to be the creator of the universe and the giver of life. a It’s almost as if the congregation was feeling a little guilty about having a picture of the sun god on the synagogue floor and alleviated their guilt somewhat by picturing only the sun itself driving its chariot instead of the face of the Jan 18, 2020 · One opinion is that Yahweh was a war or storm god worshiped by at least one (probably Midianite, probably aniconic) group, and that this group later migrated northern and absorbed into ancient Israeli-Judean society and introduced Yahweh whom was adopted as the national god of the two kingdoms but not necessarily in an aniconic way and often May 11, 2009 · Abstract. Starman #13177270 10/03/18. This is the lunar or moon god. All Pagans do not hate Christians, just like it is assumed that all In place of notions of El and Y' as two Gods of Israel, I would suggest that the pattern of an older God and a younger one, a God of wise judgement and a God of war and punishment, have been transferred from the older forms of Israelite-Canaanite religion to new forms in which the older God, whose supremacy is not in question, is now entirely Jul 1, 2008 · The Bible reveals God to be perfectly good (Psalm 145:8-9) and perfectly just (Deuteronomy 32:4) in the very nature of his being. Yahweh’s followers were told by him to not worship others and that the worship of “the false gods” had to be vanquished and driven out. Jan 7, 2024 · Re: YAHWEH > Cannanite pagan Volcano-War God. Mar 11, 2016 · How YHWH Became God. Pronounced Marutuk, Marduk is the ancient Mesopotamian patron deity of the city of Babylon; his name means “bull calf of the sun”. One of the sons of El. As a good medievalist, Lewis was not concerned to keep pagan deities separate from the deity of his believed religion. Yahweh was definitely a war god back in the day, like I think anybody who knows about Judaism before Christianity knows Christianity is just completely fake and doesn’t make any sense, since Yahweh wasn’t the only god back in the early Jewish days, but whatever. The name YHWH, consisting of the sequence of consonants Yod, Heh, Waw, and Heh, is known as the tetragrammaton. Re: YAHWEH > Cannanite pagan Volcano-War God. - were rejected as evil. General consensus is that the ancient Israelites were henotheists, meaning they believed that there existed a pantheon of gods, but they only worshipped one as the supreme god: YHWH. ' Holiness is the most sparkling jewel of his crown; it is the name by which God is known. In the 18th century BC, Marduk began to rise to the position of head of the Babylonian pantheon and was fully recognized as such by the second half of the second millennium BC. Yahweh and Elijah. " The meaning of the name has been interpreted Jun 28, 2022 · The origins of Yahweh worship. Their historical neighbors, the Moabites, believed that their god, Chemosh, governed them YAHWEH > Cannanite pagan Volcano-War God. " Tyr is the Norse God of War, Law, and Honor. 16:23). Miller, “The Divine Council and the Prophetic Call to War,” Vetus Testamentum 18 (1968): 100-107; W. sr lh sy mf ly fj ut ip bp eu