Polytheism in the Bible?

Thanks to scholars Ben Stanhope, Mark W. Chavalas and Chris Hansen for reviewing this video. Chris takes more a polytheistic understanding but still provided valuable feedback and pointed out errors that we were able to fix. Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: http://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy Sources: Michael S. Heiser – Reply to Thom Stark: The Most Heiser Polymnia Athanassiadi and Michael Frede – Pagan Monotheism in Late Antiquity Stephen Mitchell and Peter van Nuffelen – One God: Pagan Monotheism in the Roman Empire James Hoffmeier – Akhenaten and The Origins of Monotheism Jens-Andre Herbener – On the Term “Monotheism" Jan Assman – Monotheism and Polytheism in "Religions of the Ancient World: a Guide," by Sarah Iles Johnston Michael Heiser – Does Divine Plurality in the Hebrew Bible Demonstrate an Evolution From Polytheism to Monotheism in Israelite Religion? Michael S. Heiser – Monotheism and the Language of Divine Plurality in the Hebrew Bible and The Dead Sea Scrolls Michael S. Heiser – The Divine Council in Late Canonical and Non-canonical Second Temple Jewish Literature Karel van der Toorn and Pieter Willem van der Horst – Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible Mark S. Smith – The Origins of Biblical Monotheism Mark S. Smith – God in Translation B. E. Becking, Meindert Dijkstra, Marjo C. A. Korpel, Karel Vriezen – Only One God? Monotheism in Ancient Israel and the Veneration of the Goddess Asherah Otto Eissfeldt – El And Yahweh Frank Kermode, Robert Alter – The Literary Guide to the Bible Bernhard Lang – Bible Review 19:6, December 2003, Readers Reply Nathan MacDonald – One God or One Lord? Tryggve N. Mettinger and Frederick H. Cryer – The Dethronement of Sabaoth: Studies in the Shem and Kabod Theologies Gerlinde Baumann – Trendy Monotheism? Kenneth Kitchen – On the Reliability of the Old Testament