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minus-squareEinskjaldi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoIt mentions Baal, in a way that’s more concerned than it needs to be.
minus-squareDeacon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoCorrect, and fundamentally you don’t make laws to prohibit something nobody is doing. A few different gods had to get rationalized or syncretized in one way or another as I understand it. Not only Baal but that pesky Asherah and her complicated and inconvenient situationship with YHWH.
It mentions Baal, in a way that’s more concerned than it needs to be.
Correct, and fundamentally you don’t make laws to prohibit something nobody is doing.
A few different gods had to get rationalized or syncretized in one way or another as I understand it.
Not only Baal but that pesky Asherah and her complicated and inconvenient situationship with YHWH.