There is also record of the most archaic (Ie. I can't either confirm or deny if more conservative people know about it. closest to God's original word) Judaic tribes being duotheistic, in that they worshiped both Yahweh and Asherah, though Asherah was more of a fertility thing deal. God, also known as Yahweh, had a wife named Asherah, according to a British theologian. Asherah's connection to Yahweh, according to Stavrakopoulou, is spelled out in both the Bible and an 8th century B.C. I've already read some passages about Asherah (her Prophets are mentioned along those of Ba'al in Kings, she is referenced as one of the other gods people worship and her cultic objects are mentioned as being cast out of the temple) but I'm wondering if there's any deeper influence she had on the bible given her presence in Canaanite religion. She appears in Akkadian writings by the name of Ašratu(m), and in Hittite as Aserdu(s) or Asertu(s). Asherah's connection to Yahweh, according to Stavrakopoulou, is spelled out in both the Bible and an 8th century B.C. inscription on pottery found in the Sinai desert at a site called Kuntillet Ajrud. You are correct about Asherah as the wife of YHWH and also that the later misogynists edited her out of the bible when they went to the idea of total monotheism in the later writings (and also rewrote many of the earlier ones). Historians and archaeologists have pieced together Asherah’s narrative and found large chunks of it interwoven in the artifacts from the region and in the scriptures of the Hebrew Bible itself. I offer them since the issue below gets into the issue of monotheism in Israel. All of these artifacts reveal that Asherah was a powerful fertility goddess. But that’s according to modern Bibles. (Left, Asherah graven image) Discovery News: God’s Wife Edited Out of the Bible — Almost “God had a wife, Asherah, whom the Book of Kings suggests was worshiped alongside Yahweh in his temple in Israel, according to an Oxford scholar. Contrary to the claims of scholars, the Bible does not attempt to cover up the existence of Asherah or that she/it was worshipped in Israel. You already pointed out the reason why it was edited, though: to avoid implications of polytheism. In fact, Asherah is mentioned in the Bible books of Exodus, 4 Deuteronomy, 5 Judges, 6 1 Kings, 7 2 Kings, 8 2 Chronicles, 9 Isaiah, 10 Jeremiah, 11 and Micah. Inscriptions on pottery found in the Sinai desert also show Yahweh and Asherah were worshipped as a pair, and a passage in the Book of Kings mentions the goddess as being housed in the temple of Yahweh. Asherah is generally considered identical with the Ugaritic goddess ʾAṯiratu. Here is one example of a sacrilege in the news . J. Edward Wright, president of both The Arizona Center for Judaic Studies and The Albright Institute for Archaeological Research, told Discovery News that he agrees several Hebrew inscriptions mention “Yahweh and his Asherah.” “Asherah was not entirely edited out of the Bible … By Elizabeth PrataThis first appeared on The End Time in March 2011Here is one example of a sacrilege in the news . inscription on pottery found in the Sinai desert at a site called Kuntillet Ajrud. God's Wife, Asherah, May Have Been Edited Out Of The Bible Says Theologian www.huffingtonpost.com Early versions of the Bible apparently featured a fertility godess, Asherah, who may have been God's wife, at least according to one British theologian Back in 1967, historian Raphael Patai mentioned ancient Israelites worshiped both Yahweh and Asherah [ADDENDUM: March 23, 2011 I just wanted to direct readers to three items I have written, two of which are free. Ra 0 times; Baal over 100; Asherah, under various spelling forms (Ashtaroth, Asheroth), the plural form (Asherim), and titles (Queen of heaven) 20 to 40 times, depending on the version you read. Asherah as Bountiful Earth and Feminine Nature Principle; Khirbet el-Qom Blessing Inscription with Yahweh & “his Asherah" (3 times) Naked, Vegetation Goddess Asherah on Armored Horse; Asherah Resource 4. (The polemics against her, which remain in the Bible today, would have been necessary to re-educate Israelites clinging to out-dated beliefs.) First, there is a pre-publication version of an article that was published by the Bulletin for Biblical Research (“Monotheism, […]

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