3.3.3 Atheism - A History of God (Part 1)
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3.3.3 Atheism - A History of God (Part 1)
I explain how I learned from A History of God by Karen Armstrong that the evidence indicates that the Jewish concept of monotheism evolved from the syncretism of various polytheistic sources like Canaanite and Babylonian polytheism. Books and Concepts: A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam: http://www.amazon.com/History-God-000-Year-Judaism-Christianity/dp/0345384563 Well-sourced Wikipedia articles describing the evolution of Jewish monotheism from polytheism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotheism#Origin_and_development http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ancient_Israel_and_Judah#Religion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh#Early_history_of_Yahweh-worship Enuma Elish: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enûma_EliÅ¡ Library of Ashurbanipal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Ashurbanipal Canaanite Religion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanite_religion Did Jewish Slaves Build the Pyramids?: http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4191 Taanach Cult Stand: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh#Development Israel Enters Recorded History in Egypt at 1200 BCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ancient_Israel_and_Judah#Iron_Age_I Jeremiah's Monolatrist Polytheism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_heaven_(Antiquity)#Hebrew_Bible_references -- All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC, including: The Prince of Egypt: http://www.amazon.com/Prince-Egypt-Val-Kilmer/dp/B00000JGOQ Vector Attributions: A huge thanks to Snap2Objects for the many businessmen vectors I use: http://www.snap2objects.com/freebies/ Iron Age Israel and Judah: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kingdoms_of_Israel_and_Judah_map_830.svg Cloaked Israelite Women: http://all-silhouettes.com/super-girls/ Gods and Israelites of War: http://all-silhouettes.com/fighting-people/ Tiamat: http://all-silhouettes.com/vector-oriental-dragons/ Asherah and Baal: http://all-silhouettes.com/jumping-people/ Israelites: http://all-silhouettes.com/miscsilhouettesofpeople/ Sun: http://greeengirl.deviantart.com/art/free-simbols-sun-81174695?q=boost:popular+in:resources/vector+sun+vector&qo=9 Clouds: http://all-silhouettes.com/vector-clouds/ Plants: http://www.vecteezy.com/Flowers/127-13-Free-Vector-Foliage-Ornaments-Pack-01 Babies: http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/?q=baby#/d1cnta1 Ares: http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/vector/?q=ares#/d2b8aai Deuteronomy Flourishes: http://all-silhouettes.com/vector-flourishes/ Blood: http://www.vecteezy.com/Spills-Splatters/15375-Free-Splatter-Vector-Set Paint Splatters: http://www.vecteezy.com/Spills-Splatters/466-Vector-Splatters Image Attributions: Badlands: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2003-08-15_Badlands_National_Park_small_buttes.jpg Heaven: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sky_between_cloud_layers.jpeg Babylonian Tablet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Venus_Tablet_of_Ammisaduqa.jpg Babylonian Exile: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_history#Babylonian_captivity Baal Epic: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baal_epic_mp3h8930.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baal_epic_mp3h8950.jpg -- Music: "Saladin" by Harry Gregson-Williams "Saladin" remixed by Hybrid .
YouTube | January 8, 2011
