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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

A tablet written in the very early Bronze Age, when Semites were surrounded by (and often participating in) all sorts of alternative cults and pagan pantheons would naturally mention other gods.

It would be weirder if the early biblical texts didn't mention any other gods.

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

It wasn't just other cultural groups that had other gods -- proto-Judaism was polytheistic.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 days ago

Considering 3 major world religions claim the text was inspired by their god, the discrepancies make it at least highly suspicious.