Comments on: Egyptian Papyrus Reveals Israelite Psalms

By: patrickp31

patrickp31 — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 19:21:29 +0000

Jeff, what I think Percy is saying is that Solomon did in fact leave the proper worship of YHWH and worship ‘gods’. Your statement ““Some” weren’t monotheistic? If the king wasn’t, who would be?” shows that maybe you should read the rest of the Torah more carefully. The vast majority of the Kings (and the one Queen) did NOT serve as good role models of Israelite faith. This hardly means that we should follow their examples or treat their behaviour as exemplary.

By: Wyn Thomas

Wyn Thomas — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 05:46:11 +0000

A careful reading of the description of worship in the Jerusalem Temple in the OT does not suggest that the Hebrew religion was always monotheistic.

By: jeff white

jeff white — Mon, 13 Aug 2018 17:37:49 +0000

“Some” weren’t monotheistic? If the king wasn’t, who would be? The fact is, at that time NOBODY thought you should believe only in a single god, any more than in Greece or Rome. The idea you should believe only in the great god Yahweh is something added by the creative writer who penned the book of Kings hundreds of years after its alleged events.

By: Kevin George

Kevin George — Sun, 12 Aug 2018 10:52:59 +0000

How could this document, written in the 7th or 6th century BC be “the forerunner of Psalm 20”? Psalm 20 is a Psalm of David, who, lived in the 10th century BC.

Worship of Yehovah (or Yahweh) has always been monotheistic. The nature of this religion is not changed by the fact that some Jews practiced other religions,

By: Percy

Percy — Sun, 12 Aug 2018 06:04:18 +0000

Yes, the Hebrew faith were monotheistic but some allowed themselves to be influenced by the surrounding nations. Solomon acquired wives from those surrounding nations and thus he let his trust in the one true God to be tainted unlike his father David. Later kings were used to clean up the mess created by Solomon and prophets were sent voicing God’s disapproval until the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. After the release by Cyrus they settled back into monotheism but again were fractured by influences of the greeks and romans.
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By: jeff white

jeff white — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 17:45:16 +0000

“The Hebrew faith was always monotheistic”!!! What nonsense!!! There’s plenty of archeological evidence that monotheism developed over a long period — and as the Torah says, even Solomon wasn’t monotheistic. Read 1 Kings 11:

He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites…. On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites.

By: Franklin Godson

Franklin Godson — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 07:25:01 +0000

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By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 16:23:54 +0000

In reply to Robert Christopulos. Agreed. Readers should remember that the Hebrew faith was always monotheistic. There is still much to be gained from the info, if we can filter out the pre-judged bias of the authors.

By: Robert Christopulos

Robert Christopulos — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 15:25:20 +0000

You and i both often use loose approximations as we quote God’s Word. This is no different insofar as this text is concerned. As a matter of fact though, and this text originating from the elephantine area, from mid 4th century BC to mid 5th century BC, I would tend to believe that any scripture quoted would, of necessity be from memory rather than having written texts available to check with.

By: hrach Aintablian

hrach Aintablian — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 14:18:13 +0000

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