Societies from the Late Bronze Age through the New Testament show identifications or equations of deities of different cultures (for example, in lists of deities), and deities of various cultures acting together (e.g., as divine guarantors of international treaties). There are several cases of "God in Translation" in the Hebrew Bible despite its apparent monotheistic purpose. With the explosion of cross-cultural discourse about deities in the Greco-Roman period, some Jewish and New Testament sources show cross-cultural recognition of deities. Engagement with other cultures helped Israel come to understand its god.weiterlesen