/lit/ - Literature

>YHVH in the OT
Wtf is his problem?
Why are some people convinced that he is God when he's obviously just some tribal deity?

>I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me

>Although the biblical narratives depict Yahweh as the sole creator god, lord of the universe, and god of the Israelites especially, initially he seems to have been Canaanite in origin and subordinate to the supreme god El.

What went wrong here?

Why do Christians worship some Canaanite being as God?

>I gave them other statutes that were not good and laws through which they could not live; I defiled them through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn—that I might fill them with horror so they would know that I am the LORD.

What did he mean by this?

Are there any non-Biblical sources on this character?