▁pron unci ation ▁Ad on ai , ▁meaning ▁" My ▁Lord ". ▁ ▁From ▁Iron ▁Age ▁local ▁god ▁to ▁mon othe ism ▁ ▁The ▁national ▁god ▁of ▁the ▁Iron ▁Age ▁kingdom s ▁of ▁Israel ▁and ▁Jud ah ▁was ▁Y ah we h . ▁The ▁precise ▁orig ins ▁of ▁this ▁god ▁are ▁disput ed , ▁although ▁they ▁reach ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁early ▁early ▁Iron ▁Age ▁and ▁even ▁the ▁late ▁Bron ze ▁Age . ▁The ▁name ▁may ▁have ▁begun ▁as ▁an ▁ep ith et ▁of ▁El , ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁Bron ze ▁Age ▁C ana an ite ▁p ant he on , ▁but ▁earlier ▁mentions ▁are ▁in ▁An cient ▁Egypt ian ▁texts ▁that ▁place ▁God ▁among ▁the ▁nom ads ▁of ▁the ▁southern ▁Trans j ord an . ▁ ▁After ▁evol ving ▁from ▁its ▁mon ol at rist ic ▁roots , ▁J uda ism ▁became ▁strictly ▁mon othe istic . ▁No ▁cons ensus ▁has ▁been ▁reached ▁by ▁academ ics ▁on ▁the ▁orig ins ▁of ▁mon othe ism ▁in ▁ancient ▁Israel , ▁but ▁" Y ah we h ▁clearly ▁came ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁of ▁the ▁gods ▁of ▁the ▁An cient ▁Near ▁East ." ▁ ▁The ▁worship ▁of ▁multiple ▁gods ▁( poly the ism ) ▁and ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁God ▁having ▁multiple ▁persons ▁( as ▁in ▁the ▁doctrine ▁of ▁Tr inity ) ▁are ▁equally ▁un im agin able ▁in ▁J uda ism . ▁The ▁idea ▁of ▁God ▁as ▁a ▁du ality ▁or ▁tr inity ▁is ▁her et ical ▁in ▁J uda ism ▁– ▁it ▁is ▁considered ▁a