God doesn’t need a name, God hungry for Hot Pockets.
jinty:
Well first of all he was called El (El (deity) - Wikipedia ), back when he had a wife called Asherah (Asherah - Wikipedia ). And lo they begat seventy little godlets, including Yahweh (Yahweh - Wikipedia ) and Baal (Baal - Wikipedia ).Shem HaMephorash - Wikipedia ) aka the Divided Name.Hezekiah - Wikipedia ) rose in Jerusalem and instituted some kick-ass religious reforms. He merged El and Yahweh, disbanded Asherah (heck, she was a chick! can’t have chicks in charge!), discredited Baal and downgraded the other godlets to “angels”. Sort of like a modern leader merging & disbanding government departments and dispensing promotions to his chums.
No reply for the OP, just a thank you for posting this. This kind of vulgarization of fascinating concepts that would otherwise take me ages to research is why I read this message board.