He promised them the Holy Land (Genesis ch.15, ch.17, ch.26, and other verses). He also promised to have a special relationship with them (Exodus ch.19, and Deuteronomy 26:16-19).
The Hebrews are considered as Gods own people.
No one, since the Hebrews (Israelites) did not have gods. They worshiped One God and still do.
The Egyptian gods kept the whole of creation in balance according to the Egyptian belief.
No. Zeus is a deity of the ancient Greek polytheistic tradition (belief in many gods). The bible started with the Hebrews and their monotheistic (one god) religion.
No. Such a belief is foreign and forbidden to us. The Israelites (Hebrews) were different from the surrounding peoples in that they never deified any person. Only God was (and is) worshiped in Hebrew (Jewish) society.
The Hebrews originally believed in one God, although most likely recognized the existence of other lesser gods for other nations. It was probably around the time of King David (1000 BCE) that the religion shifted into a strictly monogamous belief.
No one knows. Monotheism is the belief in a single god and polytheism is the belief in many gods. The ancient Hebrews were the first people we know about who worshiped only one god. The worship of many gods was common much earlier, probably back in the Stone Age. The reason people started to believe in gods was likely to explain the many things in their world that they couldn't.
Polytheism is the belief in many pagan or false Gods, like Greek mythology.
Genesis (Apexvs)
Genesis (Apexvs)
Monotheism.Monotheism. An alternate, the belief in the existence of several gods, is called polytheism (multigods), pantheism (gods in everything). Another alternate is atheism, the belief in no god or gods.
Ysobel means Gods promise / Gods vow