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God as a national emblem
Yhwh's symbols work like flags and national emblems today, which themselves began as secularized religious symbols.
A transcendent focus above factions.
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Placing God at the nation's center aimed to rise above political divisions, not to make Israel a congregation of believers.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 384
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