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SUMMARY:The Mysterious Origins of the God of Israel
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LOCATION:101 West Main Street, Newark, OH 43055, United States
ROOM: Meeting Room A-Downtown Newark
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Chris Farrar examines the historical origins of the God of
  Israel. One God, and only one, emerged from the multiplicity of ancient n
 ear eastern deities to become the God of Israel, and subsequently, the God
  of the universe. But this God has no predecessors among those other deit
 ies—not among the gods of the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Egyptians,
  the Canaanites, or those of their contemporary civilizations. Dr. Farrar 
 considers how a deity emerged from the fringes of the ancient world to bec
 ome the God of Israel. Books are available for purchase and signing at th
 e time of the program. Dr. Farrar holds a doctorate in Linguistics from O
 hio State University. He has been a lay student of biblical archaeology an
 d scholarship for 50 years. With this background, he has turned his attent
 ion since 2018 to writing historical fiction. In 2020 he published his fir
 st novel, By the Waters of Babylon, set in the time of the Babylonian conq
 uest of Jerusalem. In 2022, he published the sequel, Light of Exile, set t
 wo generations later during the fall of the Babylonian Empire.
URL:https://events.lickingcountylibrary.org/event/origins-god-israel-28301
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