"The LORD our God is one (essence)"

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TK, Tanak is an acronymn whcih reflects the three-fold division of the Jews:

T = Torah ("the Law", aka the Pentateuch aka "Moses")
N = Nevi'im (the Prophets)
K = Ketuvim (the Writings)

Here's a wikipedia article on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanakh

I prefer saying Tanakh because I don't like the connotations of the phrase Old Testament. Likewise, I prefer to say "apostolic writings" rather than "the New Testament." I like to think of the apostolic writings as commentary on, and teaching based on the Tanakh.

The one-ness of God
So, again, what message was Yahweh trying to get across in all those echad passages? When you read:

"Hear O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one"

What point do you think Yahweh was trying to get across? Was is something like:

"Listen Israel, Myself, the Logos and the Holy Spirit are totally united in purpose. We are not dis-united like the gods of the Hitities."

Or, did it mean something like;

"Listen Israel, there is only one divine essence or substance. Contrary to the belief of the Hitites, there are not many divine essences/substances. There is only one divine essence."

If the latter, do you know of any teachings among the pagans concerning there being multiple divine essences?