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The term monotheism often comes with many caveats. Biblical conceptions of God and categories of the divine that interpreters might designate as "monotheism" developed in response to factors within the ancient contexts of biblical authors. However, it is in later Enlightenment contexts that theologians and historians characterize their understand-

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This article promotes the theorizing of myth in ways that facilitate comparison and re-description of data within Biblical Studies. After addressing background categorical issues within Religious Studies and Biblical Studies, I chart the old model of contrasting Bible as Truth with myth, including Eusebius’s antique articulation as well as Romantic notions of myth. Challenging outmoded theories, I identify scholarship that works towards rectification of the category myth, with the aim of bolstering scholarly conversations beyond disciplinary boundaries. Finally, the article suggests rectification of multiple Biblical Studies categories related to myth.