precondition for the theological speculations about a pantheon in which the ranking order of the gods among themselves was expressed in the form of family relationships.15 In other words, with the development of urbanization people began to envision their gods in human terms. People were no longer trying to be like God, but more insidiously, were trying to bring god down to the level of fallen humanity. J. J. Finkelstein observes how the gods of the Babylonians were not only understood to interact