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The God on the Winged Wheel coin, minted in Gaza City, southern Philistia, during the Persian period of the 4th century BCE. It possibly represents Yahweh enthroned on a winged wheel, although this identification is disputed among scholars. Deities of the ancient Near East Ancient Egyptian Amun Anubis Apis Atum Buchis Geb Horus Isis Montu Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Qetesh Ra Set Shu Tefnut Thoth ...
The Tetragrammaton in Phoenician (12th century BCE to 150 BCE), Paleo-Hebrew (10th century BCE to 135 CE), and square Hebrew (3rd century BCE to present) scripts. The Tetragrammaton [note 1] is the four-letter Hebrew theonym יהוה (transliterated as YHWH or YHVH), the name of God in the Hebrew Bible.
It is also used very occasionally in Hebrew texts to refer to God (e.g. Psalm 136:3.) [37] Deuteronomy 10:17 has the proper name Yahweh alongside the superlative constructions "God of gods" (elōhê ha-elōhîm, literally, "the gods of gods") and "Lord of lords" (adōnê ha-adōnîm, "the lords of lords": כִּי יְהוָה ...
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 early supporters of this faction are widely regarded as monolatrists rather than monotheists; [28] believing Yahweh was the only god worthy of Israelite worship, not that Yahweh was the only god in existence—a noticeable departure from the traditional beliefs of the Israelites nonetheless. [29]
[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.
Sarah Bunin Benor, director of the Jewish Language Project and a professor at Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles, said hearing the word makes her think of the Hallel — a recitation of Psalms ...
Sacrificing to gods other than Yahweh. [1] Sacrificing offspring to Molech. [2] Worshipping Baal Peor. [3] A prophet who says to follow gods other than Yahweh. [4] A person who follows gods other than Yahweh. [5] A false prophet, one whose prophecies do not come to pass. [6]