Ən qədim dini ədəbiyyat nümunələrində Yahve tipik bir Yaxın Şərq "döyüşçü tanrısı"dır, hansı ki, müqəddəs ordusunu İsrailin düşmənlərinə qarşı yürüdür.[10] O, daha sonra İsrail və Yəhudi çarlıqlarının əsas tanrısına çevrilir.[11] Vaxt keçdikcə saray və Yərusəlim məbədi Yahveni bütün kainatın hər bir ilah və ilahənin hər bir müsbət keyfiyyətini daşıyan tanrısı elan edir.[12][13]Babiloniya sürgününün (e.ə. VI əsr) sonunda özgə tanrıların varlığı inkar edilir və Yahve bütün kainatın qurucusu, bütün dünyanın yeganə tanrısı hesab edilir.[13]
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