Big Ideas · 20 · Jonah

Primordial bonds broken

Ancient gods were tied to lands and peoples by primordial bonds. The Bible instead tells how and when God and Israel came together, and how it broke.

A relationship with a history.

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Everyone in the old kingdoms, including the god, did their part to keep the ship afloat. Total defeat broke that system.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 322

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