It is good to see fresh recruits in the war on ignorance;
especially one so prolific (176 posts since April)!
One key to understanding why 'polytheism' is evidenced throughout the Bible may be found in looking at how the word 'elohim' is used. To wit:
elohim is applied to men, especially kings, princes, and great military commanders such as Moses! You are probably already aware of biblical texts in support of this assertion. Yes?
Even today we sometimes speak of the 'greats' among us in this way.
I suppose you have already commented upon the fact that the appellation of the deity changes from chapter one to chapter two of Genesis; from the simple 'elohim' (gods) to the 'yahweh elohim' (Mr. Gods) who also speak in the first person plural ("See, the man has become like one of us"). In this case 'man' is given for the Hebrew 'adam' which may suggest a person of the lower class. Adam is at least once translated:
Low; Psalm 49:2 KJV; ie. a poor man or lower class man. It is also translated 'man of low degree' and 'mean man' [Young's Analytical Concordance] where
mean is understood to be "low in social position or rank" [Thorndike Barnhart].
Lower class persons are not likely to be called 'gods' but the upper class: Kings, Princes, and Commanders
were called gods.
Something to think about, eh?
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