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There may be some reason to speak of the conception of God found in the Hebrew Scriptures as monolatry rather than as monotheism, because the existence of other gods is seldom explicitly denied and many times even acknowledged. The passionate importance given to the proclamation of Yahweh as the one god who counts for Israel and the equally passionate rejection of other gods, however, make it truer to speak of the monotheism of Israel, as in what became the Jewish affirmation of faith, “Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, one Lord” (Deuteronomy 6:4; New English Bible). The eminent ...(100 of 4113 words)