Local Manifestations of Yahweh and Worship in the Interstices: A Note on Kuntillet Ajrud
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...He argues that the presence of multiple inscriptions declaring Yahweh’s origins in Teman and only one proclaiming “Yahweh of Samaria/Shômron” denote that designating a Temanite origin for Yahweh is the more accepted expression of divine manifestation at the site (Hutton 2010)....
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...For example, McCarter (1987) cites Ištar’s two main geographic associations and posits that dIštar ša uruNinua (Ištar of Nineveh) and dIštar ša uruArbela (Ištar of Arbela) were conceived by worshippers to be two distinct goddesses (cf. Allen 2015; Hutton 2010; Porter 2004)11....
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...…the fragmentation of Yahweh’s person across various geographies, he notes that spaces of religious discourse “could be permeated by other manifestations of the same deity to whom the shrine was dedicated, even if they were in ‘competition’ with the ‘host’ manifestation” (Hutton 2010: 178)....
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...Hutton (2010) importantly places the epigraphic record in conversation with the biblical text....
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...For example, McCarter (1987) cites Ištar’s two main geographic associations and posits that Ištar ša Ninua (Ištar of Nineveh) and Ištar ša Arbela (Ištar of Arbela) were conceived by worshippers to be two distinct goddesses (cf. Allen 2015; Hutton 2010; Porter 2004)(11)....
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