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The early supporters of this faction are widely regarded as being monolatrists rather than true monotheists; [88] [needs update] they did not believe Yahweh was the only god in existence, but instead believed that he was the only god which the people of Israel should worship. [89]
YHWH is usually expanded to Yahweh in English. [11] Modern Rabbinical Jewish culture judges it forbidden to pronounce this name. In prayers it is replaced by the word אֲדֹנָי (Adonai, Hebrew pronunciation: ' My Lords ', Pluralis majestatis taken as singular), and in discussion by HaShem 'The Name'.
Traditionally, Jews believe that God is the creator of the universe. Different sects of Jews view this in different ways. For example, some strictly-Orthodox groups reject the concept of evolution and believe the earth to be only a few thousands years old.
[2] [3] [4] The Tetragrammaton is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God's name in Christianity. [5] [6] [7] The consensus among scholars is that the historical vocalization of the Tetragrammaton at the time of the redaction of the Torah (6th century BCE) is most likely Yahweh.
Columnist Bill Gindlesperger looks at the three Abrahamic religions and concludes there are more similarities than differences.
The Mesha Stele bears the earliest known reference (840 BCE) to the Israelite god Yahweh. [16]Judaism, the oldest Abrahamic religion, is based on a strict, exclusive monotheism, [4] [17] finding its origins in the sole veneration of Yahweh, [4] [18] [19] [20] the predecessor to the Abrahamic conception of God.
The Mesha Stele bears the earliest known reference (840 BCE) to the Israelite god Yahweh. [37] The Mesha Stele, dated to 840 BCE, mentions the Israelite god Yahweh. [37] Roughly contemporary pottery sherds and plaster inscriptions found at Kuntillet Ajrud mention "Yahweh of Samaria and his Asherah" and "Yahweh of Teman and his Asherah". [38]
The supreme god was Yahweh, whose name appears as an element on personal seals from the late 9th to the 6th centuries BCE. [33] Alongside Yahweh was his consort Asherah, [ 34 ] (replaced by the goddess "Anat-Yahu" in the temple of the 5th century Jewish settlement Elephantine in Egypt), [ 35 ] and various biblical passages indicate that statues ...