u/thejxdge

I mean, poor guy
But he needs to lock tf in

I know that some prophets are credited as historical by certain scholars. However, were they really monolatric and aniconic? And when did the Southern Judahite religion begin to experience a significant shift toward monolatrism that distinguished it from the Northern Kingdom?

Are there any scholars who comment on them?
I know that the Hebrew Bible is often not unique in its writings that are, at the end of the day, part of ANE literary genres as a whole. And I also know that the concept of a Temple was socioculturally important almost universally in the Ancient Near East, even after the late Iron Age (I thank Burton Mack and Matthjis de Jong for that)

So, are there examples of ANE literature that display recordings of similar Temple or purity laws? Have they possibly influenced the Hebrew Bible?

Was YHWH worshipped in a monolatric or henotheistic way before conflation with El? And why does a seemingly minor deity dominate the South and get syncretised with the supreme god of the pantheon? Was it because of the henotheistic worship in the first place?

Was Wisdom, as a personified character in the biblical canon, supposed to be feminine, being depicted as a woman, or was this only a consequence of the term referring to the concept being a feminine noun?

Was Wisdom, as a personified character in the biblical canon, supposed to be feminine, being depicted as a woman, or was this only a consequence of the term referring to the concept being a feminine noun?