Changes

[[File:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:The_eye_of_all_ur60.jpg|right|frame]]

[[File:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:The_eye_of_all_ur60.jpg|right|frame]]

97:3.1 The long-drawn-out [[controversy]] between the believers in [[Yahweh]] and the followers of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Book_of_Kings#Chapter_18] was a socioeconomic clash of [[ideologies]] rather than a [[difference]] in [[religious]] [[beliefs]].

97:3.1 The long-drawn-out [[controversy]] between the believers in [[Yahweh]] and the followers of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Book_of_Kings#Chapter_18] was a socioeconomic clash of [[ideologies]] rather than a [[difference]] in [[religious]] [[beliefs]].

97:3.2 The [[inhabitants]] of [[Palestine]] differed in their [[attitude]] toward [[private]] ownership of [[land]]. The southern or wandering [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabia Arabian] tribes (the [[Yahweh]]ites) looked upon [[land]] as an inalienable—as a gift of [[Deity]] to the [[clan]]. They held that land could not be sold or mortgaged. "Yahweh spoke, saying, `The land shall not be sold, for the land is mine.'"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Leviticus#Chapter_.25]

97:3.2 The [[inhabitants]] of [[Palestine]] differed in their [[attitude]] toward [[private]] ownership of [[land]]. The southern or wandering [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabia Arabian] tribes (the [[Yahweh]]ites) looked upon [[land]] as an inalienable—as a gift of [[Deity]] to the [[clan]]. They held that land could not be sold or mortgaged. "Yahweh spoke, saying, `The land shall not be sold, for the land is mine.'"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Leviticus#Chapter_.25]

97:3.3 The northern and more settled [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanites Canaanites] (the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baalites]) freely bought, sold, and mortgaged their [[lands]]. The word Baal means owner. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal] [[cult]] was founded on two major [[doctrines]]: First, the validation of [[property]] exchange, contracts, and [[covenants]]—the right to buy and sell land. Second, Baal was supposed to send rain—he was a god of [[fertility]] of the [[soil]]. Good crops depended on the [[favor]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal]. The [[cult]] was largely concerned with [[land]], its ownership and [[fertility]].

97:3.3 The northern and more settled [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanites Canaanites] (the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baalites]) freely bought, sold, and mortgaged their [[lands]]. The word Baal means owner. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal] [[cult]] was founded on two major [[doctrines]]: First, the validation of [[property]] exchange, contracts, and [[covenants]]—the right to buy and sell land. Second, Baal was supposed to send rain—he was a god of [[fertility]] of the [[soil]]. Good crops depended on the [[favor]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal]. The [[cult]] was largely concerned with [[land]], its ownership and [[fertility]].

97:3.4 In general, the Baalites owned houses, [[lands]], and [[slaves]]. They were the [[aristocratic]] landlords and lived in the [[cities]]. Each Baal had a [[sacred]] place, a [[priesthood]], and the "holy women," the [[ritual]] [[prostitutes]].

97:3.4 In general, the Baalites owned houses, [[lands]], and [[slaves]]. They were the [[aristocratic]] landlords and lived in the [[cities]]. Each Baal had a [[sacred]] place, a [[priesthood]], and the "holy women," the [[ritual]] [[prostitutes]].

97:3.5 Out of this basic [[difference]] in the regard for [[land]], there evolved the bitter [[antagonisms]] of [[social]], [[economic]], [[moral]], and [[religious]] attitudes exhibited by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanites Canaanites] and the [[Hebrews]]. This socioeconomic [[controversy]] did not become a definite [[religious]] issue until the times of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah Elijah]. From the days of this aggressive [[prophet]] the issue was fought out on more strictly [[religious]] lines—[[Yahweh]] vs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal]—and it ended in the triumph of [[Yahweh]] and the subsequent drive toward [[monotheism]].

97:3.5 Out of this basic [[difference]] in the regard for [[land]], there evolved the bitter [[antagonisms]] of [[social]], [[economic]], [[moral]], and [[religious]] attitudes exhibited by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanites Canaanites] and the [[Hebrews]]. This socioeconomic [[controversy]] did not become a definite [[religious]] issue until the times of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah Elijah]. From the days of this aggressive [[prophet]] the issue was fought out on more strictly [[religious]] lines—[[Yahweh]] vs. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal]—and it ended in the triumph of [[Yahweh]] and the subsequent drive toward [[monotheism]].

97:3.6 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah Elijah] shifted the [[Yahweh]]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal] [[controversy]] from the [[land]] issue to the [[religious]] aspect of [[Hebrew]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanites Canaanite] [[ideologies]]. When [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahab Ahab] murdered the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naboth Naboths][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Book_of_Kings#Chapter_21] in the [[intrigue]] to get [[possession]] of their [[land]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah Elijah] made a [[moral]] issue out of the olden land [[mores]] and launched his vigorous [[campaign]] against the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baalites]. This was also a fight of the [[Rural|country]] folk against [[domination]] by the [[cities]]. It was chiefly under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah Elijah] that [[Yahweh]] became [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elohim Elohim]. The [[prophet]] began as an agrarian reformer and ended up by exalting [[Deity]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baals] were many, [[Yahweh]] was one —[[monotheism]] won over [[polytheism]].

97:3.6 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah Elijah] shifted the [[Yahweh]]-[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal] [[controversy]] from the [[land]] issue to the [[religious]] aspect of [[Hebrew]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanites Canaanite] [[ideologies]]. When [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahab Ahab] murdered the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naboth Naboths][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Book_of_Kings#Chapter_21] in the [[intrigue]] to get [[possession]] of their [[land]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah Elijah] made a [[moral]] issue out of the olden land [[mores]] and launched his vigorous [[campaign]] against the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baalites]. This was also a fight of the [[Rural|country]] folk against [[domination]] by the [[cities]]. It was chiefly under [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah Elijah] that [[Yahweh]] became [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elohim Elohim]. The [[prophet]] began as an agrarian reformer and ended up by exalting [[Deity]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baals] were many, [[Yahweh]] was one —[[monotheism]] won over [[polytheism]].

<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_97 Go to Paper 97]</center>

<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_97 Go to Paper 97]</center>