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El, Yhwh, The Cannanites and Israel
Title: El, Yhwh, The Cannanites and Israel
Category: Society & Culture / Religion
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El, Yhwh, The Cannanites and Israel
El, Yahweh, The Cannonites and Israel
If one decided to study the concept of Yahweh, from his beginning, and the premise that is Yahweh, one would be able to find many ties to the Cannonite idea of El. The concept of El can be seen in how EL and Yahweh are both identified, in characteristics that El and Yahweh share, and even the name Israel shows the concept of El.
First we must understand who
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or “may God show his strength.” Israel is in a way a compound of El. May El rule, or may El show his strength. Once again this shows how Yahweh was taken from El.
As one can see, Israel’s concept of Yahweh is similar to the Cannonite concept of El. El in many ways was the basis of Yahweh. Many ideals and concepts associated with El became the same as those associated with Yahweh.
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