Yahwism
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The Tetragrammaton in Phoenician (1100 BC to AD 300), Aramaic (10th century BC to 1 BC) and modern Hebrew scripts.
[edit] Documentary Hypothesis
According to the Documentary Hypothesis, "Yahwism" refers to the religion of the group behind the J source of the Torah. According to the theory, the Yahwist community believed in a personified deity by the name of "Yahweh" and were focused upon (or came from) the Kingdom of Judah and the Aaronid priesthood.
In addition, there is evidence, both from inside the Bible and from ancient text discoveries (such as the Kuntillet Ajrud inscription and the Elephantine papyri), that some worshipped YHWH as the tribal or national god of Israel alongside or in conjunction with other gods.
[edit] Notes
1: Since Ancient Hebrew had no written vowels, there is no certain way to know how it would have been pronounced, however "Yahweh" has become the convention.
