Job 1:6 and 2:1 stage "the sons of God" presenting themselves before the LORD, with "the Satan" (ha-satan, the prosecutor) among them.
Imported citation, not independently checked: Job 1:6; 2:1
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What is the divine council in the Bible?
What is the divine council in the Bible?
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Before there was one God alone, there was a court, and the Bible never fully erased it.
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The very vocabulary survives: adat-El, "the assembly of El," in Psalm 82:1 is the Hebrew echo of the Ugaritic phrase.
Imported citation, not independently checked: Psalm 82:1; Ugaritic texts
Early texts assume other elohim exist but demand Israel worship only the LORD: practical monolatry.
Imported citation, not independently checked: M. S. Smith, The Origins of Biblical Monotheism (2001)
Later texts deny the others any reality at all: "I am the LORD, and there is no other" (Isaiah 45:5-6, exilic).
Imported citation, not independently checked: Isaiah 45:5-6
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