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OT Seminar Presentation19 January 2009Thomas J Whitley 
 
"Yahweh came into existence as a worshiped deity outof a world of the gods with discernable antecedents, so we may speak of Yahweh as coming out of the gods andthe divine world of Canaan. It is also the case, however,that the divine world, that is, characteristic centralfeatures of other deities, seem to be a part of Yahweh'sprofile as a deity; so we may also recognize that thegods are present in Yahweh." (Miller)
 
Similarities with El
Compassion and Wisdom
Being divine judge and head of the divine council
Creator and Father
Kingship
Tent
Cherubim throne
Psalm 82
Miller: “It is, in effect, a story of the radical integration
of deity in one god."
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