Frank E. Eakin argues that Moses was not a monotheist but espoused monolatry. From Wordnik.com. [Larry Hurtado: How Did Jesus Become A God?] Reference
According to wikipedia, Monolatrism or monolatry, is: ...the recognition of the existence of many gods, but with the consistent worship of only one deity. From Wordnik.com. [Shan Wells: The Reasons for the Season] Reference
That's why in his work he has tried to use terms such as "exclusive Yahwism" (= monolatry) and. From Wordnik.com. [Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth] Reference
It is in the category of monolatry that I conceive the theology of the old Israelites must be ranged. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution of Theology: an Anthropological Study] Reference
In terms of Hebrew religious development, this is the first major shift: from polytheism to monolatry. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The lowest stage of religious development is occupied by idolatry or fetichism, from which monolatry is not generically distinct. From Wordnik.com. [The Theology of Schleiermacher: A Condensed Presentation of His Chief Work, "The Christian Faith"] Reference
Thus was established a monolatry which was practically monotheism, though a theory of absolute monotheism was never formulated by the pre-Christian Jews. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV] Reference
Exclusive monolatry is by no means innate in the cultus; it can only be deduced from considerations which are foreign to the nature of the cultus: it is the antitype of strict monotheism. From Wordnik.com. [Prolegomena] Reference
The independent existence of two heads in the combined pantheon was sufficient to prevent the infusion of an ethical spirit into this monotheistic tendency; and unless a monotheistic conception of the universe is interpreted in an ethical sense, monotheism (or monolatry) has no great superiority, either religiously or philosophically, over polytheism. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
The Romans form no exception to this general rule, for though, while they did not create great anthropomorphic deities, there was yet no native Roman movement toward monolatry, the place of such deities in worship was taken by a multitude of minor divine patrons who presided over all the details of private and public life and satisfied the demand for divine guidance. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV] Reference
Liturgical monolatry/monotheism. From Wordnik.com. [The Only True God (author questionnaire)] Reference
Isaiah, monolatry, monotheism. From Wordnik.com. [Of Absent and Jilted Husbands in the Bible] Reference
Metatron, monolatry, monotheism. From Wordnik.com. [Review of Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the God of Israel] Reference
Larry Hurtado, low, monolatry, monotheism. From Wordnik.com. [The Only True God is Coming Soon!] Reference
Moloch, monolatry, monotheism, plural, polytheism. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
Moloch, monolatry, monotheism, plural, polytheism comments. From Wordnik.com. [Genesis: The Missing Chapters] Reference
Israel, masseboth, monolatry, monotheism, standing stones, worship. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference
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