Yahweh (/ˈjɑːhweɪ/, or often /ˈjɑːweɪ/ in English; Hebrew: יהוה‎), was the national god of the Iron Age kingdoms of Israel and Judah. The name may have originated as an epithet of the god El, head of the Bronze Age Canaanite pantheon ("El who is present, who makes himself manifest", and appears to have been unique to Israel and Judah,although Yahweh may have been worshiped south of the Dead Sea at least three centuries before the emergence of Israel (the Kenite hypothesis). The earliest reference to a deity called "Yahweh" appears in Egyptian texts of the 13th century BC that place him among the Shasu-Bedu of southern Transjordan.

In the oldest biblical literature (12th–11th centuries BC), Yahweh is a typical ancient Near Eastern "divine warrior" who leads the heavenly army against Israel's enemies; he and Israel are bound by a covenant under which Yahweh will protect Israel and, in turn, Israel will not worship other gods. At a later period, [size=15]Yahweh functioned as the dynastic cult (the god of the royal house) with the royal courts promoting him as the supreme god over all others in the pantheon[/size] (notably Baal, El, and Asherah (who is thought by some scholars to have been his consort)). Over time, Yahwism became increasingly intolerant of rivals, and [size=17]the royal court and temple promoted Yahweh as the god of the entire cosmos, possessing all the positive qualities previously attributed to the other gods and goddesses.[/size] With the work of Second Isaiah (the theoretical author of the second part of the Book of Isaiah) towards the end of the Babylonian exile (6th century BC), the very existence of foreign gods was denied, and Yahweh was proclaimed as the creator of the cosmos and the true god of all the world.

By early post-biblical times, the name of Yahweh had ceased to be pronounced. In modern Judaism, it is replaced with the word Adonai, meaning Lord, and is understood to be God's proper name and to denote his mercy.[8] Many Christian Bibles follow the Jewish custom and replace it with "the LORD".

In other words Yahweh originally was an ordinary god like other gods like Baal,El,Zeus,sango etc,he was simply promoted to be the head of the entire cosmos by ancient people and later the existence of other gods were denied,obviously for political reasons by the dynastic cult(royal house).

Gotten from Wikipedia, no part of the article was challenged, no citation needed found on the article,well referenced by reputable history book and theological books, any objection?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh

The portrait below is Ninurta " the scorcher ", an ancient Sumerian deity who was the first son chief god Enlil. According the Sumerian texts, his hatred for humankind was legendary.
He was also called the great mountain god , because he lived in the mountains of the Sinai Peninsula.
El-shadai is ancient hebrew/Canaanite translation of great mountain god.

We remember that Yahweh reminded Moses that he was known as El-shadai in ancient olden times.
From there, we can speculate that that Ninurta the Scorcher of Sumeria is most probably yahweh of the Hebrews.

So, Christians,
Behold your god.

Wow. I have always known that Yahweh is not exclusive to the israelis from the time the Ebla document surfaced.

ooman3:
Wow. I have always known that Yahweh is not exclusive to the israelis from the time the Ebla document surfaced.

Which is the Ebla document?

Dapo777:


Which is the Ebla document?

It is the source of Genesis and some other old testament writings.

ooman3:


It is the source of Genesis and some other old testament writings.

That claim is not generally agreed by majority of the scholars