BOOKS:
Gnuse, Robert Karl. No Other Gods: Emergent Monotheism in Israel. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press Ltd, 1997.
Robert Gnuse has been a professor of the humanities in the religious studies department at Loyola University since 1980. In his book, No Other Gods, Gnuse provides a scholarly and thorough look into the emergence of ancient Hebrew monotheism. He synthesizes the former historical model – the idea that monotheism developed suddenly because of Israel’s dramatic conquest – with the more current notion that monotheism was a result of a gradual evolution in Hebrew thought. His thesis is that ancient Hebrew monotheism evolved gradually in stages and major developments were responses to social and religious crises. Gnuse dubs this idea as punctuated equilibrium.
MacDonald, Nathan. Deuteronomy and the Meaning of “Monotheism.” Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2012. …show more content…
He has won numerous awards and has lead several research groups. His book Deuteronomy and the Meaning of “Monotheism” won the John Templeton Award for Theological Promise. In this work, he takes a well-researched look at how monotheism should be defined for the Israelites. In his thesis, MacDonald claims that Deuteronomy in no place supports monotheistic doctrine. He claims that while Deuteronomy undeniably portrays YHWH as unique, He is only unique to the Hebrews. In other words, while there is only one God for the Hebrews, it is never denied that other gods may
Gnuse, Robert Karl. No Other Gods: Emergent Monotheism in Israel. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press Ltd, 1997.
Robert Gnuse has been a professor of the humanities in the religious studies department at Loyola University since 1980. In his book, No Other Gods, Gnuse provides a scholarly and thorough look into the emergence of ancient Hebrew monotheism. He synthesizes the former historical model – the idea that monotheism developed suddenly because of Israel’s dramatic conquest – with the more current notion that monotheism was a result of a gradual evolution in Hebrew thought. His thesis is that ancient Hebrew monotheism evolved gradually in stages and major developments were responses to social and religious crises. Gnuse dubs this idea as punctuated equilibrium.
MacDonald, Nathan. Deuteronomy and the Meaning of “Monotheism.” Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2012. …show more content…
He has won numerous awards and has lead several research groups. His book Deuteronomy and the Meaning of “Monotheism” won the John Templeton Award for Theological Promise. In this work, he takes a well-researched look at how monotheism should be defined for the Israelites. In his thesis, MacDonald claims that Deuteronomy in no place supports monotheistic doctrine. He claims that while Deuteronomy undeniably portrays YHWH as unique, He is only unique to the Hebrews. In other words, while there is only one God for the Hebrews, it is never denied that other gods may