Baumann, Gerlinde, 1962-2007-09-132007-09-132006Baumann, G 2006, 'Trendy monotheism? Ancient Near Eastern models and their value in elucidating 'monotheism' in ancient Israelite', Old Testament Essays, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 9-25. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_oldtest.html]1010-9919http://hdl.handle.net/2263/3478The article starts from the challenging theses in recent research in the field of ancient Near Eastern studies, according to which ‘monotheism’ is declared to be a well-known phenomenon in the ancient Near East. Although this assertion may be questionable, e.g., from the perspective of the science of religion, it encourages the possibility of a new approach to the study of ancient Israelite beliefs about the divine: Is it possible that the religion of the Old Testament is more closely related to ancient Near Eastern ‘monotheism,’ than ancient Israelite polytheism is related to ancient Near Eastern polytheism?119477 bytesapplication/pdfenOld Testament Society of South AfricaMonotheismArticle