The Case for Ancient Monotheism
The Case for Ancient Monotheism Documentary at InspiringPhilosophy
The Case for Ancient Monotheism Documentary at InspiringPhilosophy
Michael Jones holds a Master’s degree in Philosophy, is a prominent figure in Christian apologetics, and is the creator and owner of the YouTube channel InspiringPhilosophy.
This video doesn't make a case for original monotheism and omits much of the supporting evidence and reasoning for original monotheism; however, this presentation is well worth watching for its sourcing and treatment of ancient monotheism.
This video’s sources:
Samuel Noah Kramer - The Babel of Tongues: A Sumerian Version (1968)
Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta - https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr1823.htm
Andrew Lang - The Making of Religion
A. W. Howitt - The Native Tribes of South-East Australia
Wilhelm Schmidt - “The Origin and Growth of Religion,” and, “High Gods In North America”
Winfried Corduan - In the Beginning God
Mircea Eliade - The Quest: History and Meaning in Religion
Aboriginal ‘memories’ of Australia’s coastline go back more than 7,000 years - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150917091401.htm
Early human occupation of southeastern Australia: New insights from 40Ar/39Ar dating of young volcanoes - https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-abstract/48/4/390/581018/Early-human-occupation-of-southeastern-Australia
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Lloyd Warner - A Black Civilization
Geza Rohiem - Australian Totemism
Arthur Lehmann & James Myers - Magic, Witchcraft, & Religion
K. Langloh Parker - The Euahlayi Tribe
Blake Grangaard & David Noss - A History of the World’s Religions
Edward Gifford - The Cultural Position of the Coast Yuki
Jay Miller - High-Minded High Gods in North America
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Roland Dixon - Maidu Texts
The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (1977)
C.R. Coulter & P. Turner - Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities
Edward Lenik - Making Pictures in Stone
Keith Carlson - The Power of Place, The Problem of Time
Mary A. Robison - Mi’kmaw Religion in Eskasoni, Nova Scotia
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John Mbiti - Concepts of God in Africa
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Gordon Brotherston - Latin American Traditional Religions
Juliet Clutton-Brock - The Walking Larder
J. Howland Rowe - Eleven Inca Prayers from the Zithhuwa Ritual
Tarmo Kulmar - On Supreme Sky God From the Aspect of Religious History
Jeremy Black - The Literature of Ancient Sumer
Jean Bottero - Mesopotamia: Writing, Reasoning, and the Gods
T.J. Meek - Hebrew Origins
Marvin Pope - El in the Ugaritic Text
Karel Van Der Toorn - Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible
Henryk Simon - Wilhelm Schmidt’s Theory of Primitive Monotheism
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