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So Many Gods!

Data Over Dogma

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The God of Israel

In early Israel, they saw every other nation as being ruled over by a patron deity and they acknowledged they believed that those deities existed. And we're going to see that in more detail when I get to the divine council discussion. But for now, here's the story. King Mesha or Misha, how would you say it? Misha of Moab. The concept of vassalage is actually borrowed pretty much from some of the vassal treaties that Assyria had set up.

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