The religion of Israel was a monotheistic religion, meaning that they worshipped one God alone. The other religions of the time worshipped many gods such as sun gods, rain gods, planet-gods, etc.
The religion of Israel was a monotheistic religion, meaning that they worshipped one God alone. The other religions of the time worshipped many gods such as sun gods, rain gods, planet-gods, etc.
The religion of Israel was a monotheistic religion, meaning that they worshiped one God alone. The other religions of the time worshiped many gods such as sun gods, rain gods, planet-gods, etc.
Abraham was from Ur of the Chaldees. He was a Chaldean, and in all likelihood worshiped many gods.
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Israel is a country and countries do not worship anything. All individuals in Israel that have religious beliefs worship what they believe to be the true god or gods. In fact no one anywhere worships a god that they believe not to be the true god or gods.
No. It was normal for the ancients to have many gods, and the Israelites were not different in that respect. If there is anything unique about the Hebrew people it is the Bible, but that was written among the people of Judah, long after the destruction of Israel.
Elijah.
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A:Idols are only images representing gods. The idols are not worshipped, but the gods they represent. The Bible says that Solomon worshipped foreign gods only in later life, but there is no doubt that he would have worshipped the many gods of Israel throughout his entire life. Andrew D. H. Mayes (The World of Ancient Israel: Sociological, Anthropological and Political Perspectives, Sociology and the Old Testament) says that the presentation of Yahweh as the only God of Israel in the pre-monarchic period is a late construction which runs up against great historical difficulties.
Elijah.
The Mesopotamians had about 2,000 gods