Edelman argues that The plural 'Elohim' (gods) designation for yahweh-el became common in the Persian Era.
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Edelman thinks that Elohim-Gods was used to represent a new Persian Idea of all gods as part of one transcendant god
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This has powerful appeal for rulers of a vast multicultural empire who don’t care about religion and do want to suppress internal conflict
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Cyrus the Great: inventor of the Perennial Philosophy
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Pattern I see is that all-gods-are-one monism shows up when warrior caste grabs new territory and needs to suppress internal divisions;
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Dualistic monotheism comes when priestly caste gains upper hand over warriors in ruling an existing empire. For obvious reasons!
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The most recent outbreak of monism begins with Hegel, who allied with the new Prussian-dominated united German state against trad religion >
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thereby suppressing both an alternative power base & the endless Protestant/Catholic conflict that tore the German world apart in 30yrs War
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