Was The First Israelites Were Monotheistic?
Was The First Israelites Were Monotheistic? Judaism is traditionally considered one of the oldest monotheistic religions in the world, although it is believed that the earliest Israelites (pre-7th century BCE) were polytheistic, who evolved into henotheistic and later monolatristic, rather than monotheistic. Are the Israelites monotheistic? Most mainstream Old Testament scholars believe that the religion