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vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 3 1 Understanding Polytheism: The Three-Dimensional Structure of the Divine World 9 2 Seth the Iconoclast: Polytheism and the Language of Violence 28 3 All Gods Are One: Evolutionary and Inclusive Monotheism 53 4 The Axial Age and the Separation of State and Religion: Monotheism as an Axial Movement 76 5 Five Steps toward Canonization: Tradition, Scripture, and the Origin of the Hebrew Bible 90 6 No God but God: Exclusive Monotheism and the Language of Violence 106 Conclusion: The Mosaic Distinction 127 Notes 147 Bibliography 167 Index 185 Index Locorum 195 ...
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