How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers—and Why That's Great News

by Peter Enns

Yahweh is deemed worthy of worship not because he is the only God and the Israelites have no other options, but because he isn’t and they do. This is how the Israelites imagined their God, as the best in a world of many gods.