Before YHWH -- The origins of Yahwism -- Early Yahwism in Israel's central hill country -- YHWH the God of Israel -- Yahwism of the First Temple Period: monotheism or monolatry? -- The divided kingdom and the resurgence of Baalism -- "YHWH and his Asherah?" : did the God of Israel have a consort? -- Yahwism and aniconism -- The rise of the prophets -- The religious reforms of the Judahite King Hezekiah -- Astral worship and the religious reforms of King Josiah -- The religious crisis of exile -- The emergence of universal monotheism -- Israelite religion in the Persian Empire: YHWH as "God of heaven" -- The Temple, the synagogue and absolute aniconism -- The disappearance of YHWH -- The pronunciation of the tetragrammaton "YHWH."
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