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["Bryant J. Williams III" <bjwvmw AT com-pair.net>]

Dear Jim S,

The first monotheist is Adam.

Rev. Bryant J. Williams III

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Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 34:8 consorting with the hapiru


> James Christian:
>
> The first historical monotheistic leader of a people in the Bible is
> Jacob.
>
> The first historical monontheist in the Bible is Abraham.
>
> In secular history, Akhenaten was both, though Akhenaten's brand of
> semi-monotheism was, so unlike Judaism, very unattractive and totally
> unsuccessful, while also having a completely different deity from Judaism.
Having
> said that, however, many of the terrible problems that Akhenaten  struggled
> with in his tortured reign seem to have been endured by the Biblical
> Patriarchs as well.  Both had to deal with an aggressive ruler of  Shechem 
> who
was
> trying to entice tent-dwelling people into making that  upstart ruler the
> greatest power in central Canaan.  Both had to cut  off all relations with
their
> irate father-in-law from far-off Naharim on the  upper Euphrates River.
> And most importantly of all was that truly  unnerving "four kings against
> five", involving a powerful attacking ruler  with a Hittite kingly name, 
> which
> potentially seemed to threaten to destroy  everything for everyone.  And 
> "the
> iniquity of the Amorites" didn't  help.
>
> Now let me ask you a question.  What story in the Patriarchal  narratives
> would you suggest as being a story that has no correspondence to  Years 
> 12-14
> at Amarna, unlike the foregoing key four foreign policy  issues?
>
> Jim Stinehart
> Evanston, Illinois
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