Full Idea
Archaeology offers datable figures that seem to support the idea that the Israelites of the 'second exile' period converted Yahweh into a special, single God to justify their claims to the land.
Gist of Idea
The Israelites may have asserted the uniqueness of Yahweh to justify land claims
Source
Peter Watson (Ideas [2005], Ch.07)
Book Reference
Watson,Peter: 'Ideas: from fire to Freud' [Phoenix 2006], p.208
A Reaction
The implications for middle eastern politics of this wicked observation are beyond the remit of a philosophy database.