Gad Barnea

some of these constructions and some of the context might come from a different culture. So, for example, there are loanwords from Persian, there are loanwords from Egyptian that you need to know. It really requires a lot of contextual knowledge.

some of these constructions and some of the context might come from a different culture. So, for example, there are loanwords from Persian, there are loanwords from Egyptian that you need to know. It really requires a lot of contextual knowledge.

Yeah, so that's a great question, but that elephantine is not where it initially developed. So Yahwism, well, I'll give you my definition of Yahwism first. So Yahwism is very simple.

Yeah, so that's a great question, but that elephantine is not where it initially developed. So Yahwism, well, I'll give you my definition of Yahwism first. So Yahwism is very simple.

Yeah, so that's a great question, but that elephantine is not where it initially developed. So Yahwism, well, I'll give you my definition of Yahwism first. So Yahwism is very simple.

It's people for whom a deity by the name of Yahu is the head of the pantheon. Okay, that's pretty much it. They have that element Yahu in many of their names. So it's a theophoric element. Theophoric means holding the deity, holding theos, the deity. And so a name that has a component with Yahu, like Yahushua or Yerusha, Or many other examples like that.

It's people for whom a deity by the name of Yahu is the head of the pantheon. Okay, that's pretty much it. They have that element Yahu in many of their names. So it's a theophoric element. Theophoric means holding the deity, holding theos, the deity. And so a name that has a component with Yahu, like Yahushua or Yerusha, Or many other examples like that.

It's people for whom a deity by the name of Yahu is the head of the pantheon. Okay, that's pretty much it. They have that element Yahu in many of their names. So it's a theophoric element. Theophoric means holding the deity, holding theos, the deity. And so a name that has a component with Yahu, like Yahushua or Yerusha, Or many other examples like that.

Yeah. So that, I mean, not all of them necessarily, but this would be very, very common. And so Yahwism is simply those people who identify for them, for their identity, for their ethnic identity and for their cultic identity. The main deity, the head of the pantheon is a deity by the name of Yahw.

Yeah. So that, I mean, not all of them necessarily, but this would be very, very common. And so Yahwism is simply those people who identify for them, for their identity, for their ethnic identity and for their cultic identity. The main deity, the head of the pantheon is a deity by the name of Yahw.

Yeah. So that, I mean, not all of them necessarily, but this would be very, very common. And so Yahwism is simply those people who identify for them, for their identity, for their ethnic identity and for their cultic identity. The main deity, the head of the pantheon is a deity by the name of Yahw.

There are no specific and unique cultic features such as commandments or observations or feasts that are necessarily unique to them. There are no special sacrifices or anything like that. They are special. very much like any other group around them. They do the same sacrifices.

There are no specific and unique cultic features such as commandments or observations or feasts that are necessarily unique to them. There are no special sacrifices or anything like that. They are special. very much like any other group around them. They do the same sacrifices.

There are no specific and unique cultic features such as commandments or observations or feasts that are necessarily unique to them. There are no special sacrifices or anything like that. They are special. very much like any other group around them. They do the same sacrifices.

They, generally speaking, observe very similar feasts that are not specific necessarily to them, but are like agricultural observances that everyone is obviously going to observe around them. So we don't see anything about early Yahwism that is necessarily unique.

They, generally speaking, observe very similar feasts that are not specific necessarily to them, but are like agricultural observances that everyone is obviously going to observe around them. So we don't see anything about early Yahwism that is necessarily unique.

They, generally speaking, observe very similar feasts that are not specific necessarily to them, but are like agricultural observances that everyone is obviously going to observe around them. So we don't see anything about early Yahwism that is necessarily unique.

except for the the main deity that they have and so and so that's that's really early yeah with them very very simple and that started well it's hard to know exactly when it started we can only say when we start seeing it in the record Now, there are debates about where the first place that it's actually documented might be.

except for the the main deity that they have and so and so that's that's really early yeah with them very very simple and that started well it's hard to know exactly when it started we can only say when we start seeing it in the record Now, there are debates about where the first place that it's actually documented might be.

except for the the main deity that they have and so and so that's that's really early yeah with them very very simple and that started well it's hard to know exactly when it started we can only say when we start seeing it in the record Now, there are debates about where the first place that it's actually documented might be.