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To: what's up
The fact that he was singing the praises of one God, may not indicate he acknowledged the existence of others in which he did believe. Also, the various books of the Bible are of different ages and the Psalms may not date to the actual time of David. (The Book of Job is believed to be the oldest recorded book of the Bible, not Genesis.)

Further, if I recall correctly, there were Kings of Israel who followed David, like Manasseh, who worshipped other gods than YHWH and they must have had a significant support among the populace in order to do so.

I don't think Monotheism was so plain, and there are many Biblical Scholars, including Jewish ones, who recognize the idea of an evolving awareness on the part of the Jews of the true nature of the one, true and only God as time went on.
365 posted on 05/13/2004 8:43:18 AM PDT by ZULU
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To: ZULU
I'm talking about the Psalms of David which comprise most of the book of Psalms. It's very, very clear that David did not worship any other God than the One. If you were familiar with his Psalms you would know this.

Since you point out the book of Job, it's good to recognize that this oldest book also is heavily monotheistic.

372 posted on 05/13/2004 11:09:31 AM PDT by what's up
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