ASHERAH

ăshˈərə or Asheroth-rŏth, Canaanite fertility goddess and the wooden cult symbol that represented her. She is the consort of El in the Ugaritic texts. Several passages in the Bible may refer to the planting of a tree as a symbol of Asherah, or the setting up of a wooden object as an asherah—the Hebrew words for "tree" and "wood" are the same.

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books on: Asherah  - 279 results

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Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel
Book by William G. Dever; W.B. Eerdmans, 2005
Subjects: Asherah (Semitic Deity), Excavations (Archaeology)--Israel, Israel--Antiquities, Israel--Religion, Jews--Folklore
...in some circles. Asherah in the Hebrew Bible...should have seen Asherahs presence all along...Bible where the word asherah must be read as a...any reference to Asherah. But I would argue that had Asherahs prophets been executed...
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The Bible after Babel: Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age
Book by John J. Collins; W.B. Eerdmans, 2005
Subjects: Bible--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc
...Israelites worshipped the Baals and the Asherahs, but a reference to Ashtarts...of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebels ta- ble. The reference to Asherah here is problematic, as Asherah was no lon- ger worshipped in...
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A Dictionary of the Bible: Dealing with Its Language, Literature, and Contents, Including the Biblical Theology
Book by James Hastings; C. Scribners Sons, 1898
...and a sacred tree or Asherah, 1 K 14 23 , 2 K 18 4 . For an altar and an Asherah of Baal, cf. Jg 6...also the Ma ebahs and Asherahs, Mic 5 13.14 , Is...signification of the Asherahs is not clear. Some...of a supposed goddess Asherah Kuenen, Rel. Isr...
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Remembering Abraham: Culture, Memory, and History in the Hebrew Bible
Book by Ronald Hendel; Oxford University Press, 2004
Subjects: Bible--O.T--Historiography, Ethnicity In The Bible, Jews--Identity
...El easily ac- cedes to her request. Asherah is also a beneficent goddess for her earthly...The wise King Kirta makes an oath to Asherah at one of her temples, promising great tribute if Asherah grants success to his quest for a wife...
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Gentile Impurities and Jewish Identities: Intermarriage and Conversion from the Bible to the Talmud
Book by Christine E. Hayes; Oxford University Press, 2002
Subjects: Conversion--Judaism, Gentiles In Rabbinical Literature, Gentiles In The Old Testament, Interfaith Marriage (Jewish Law), Judaism--History--Post-Exilic Period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D, Judaism--History--Talmudic Period, 10-425, Purity (Ethics), Purity, Ritual--Judaism--History Of Doctrines
...waiving of impurity when the asherah encroaches on the public domain...that the ritual impurity of an asherah is not clearly toraitic but...determine the source of the asherahs impurity and is troubled by...implicit in the mishnah, that an asherah defiles by overhang. For the...
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journal articles on: Asherah  - 35 results

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Tue Cult of Asherah in Ancient Israel and Judah: Evidence for a Hebrew Goddess
Journal article by Mark S. Smith; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 122, 2002
Subjects: Tue Cult of Asherah in Ancient Israel and Judah: Evidence for a Hebrew Goddess (Book)
Tue Cult of Asherah in Ancient Israel and Judah: Evidence...Goddess by Mark S. Smith Tue Cult of Asherah in Ancient Israel and Judah: Evidence...95. After a large output of books on Asherah over the last decade or so, one may fairly...
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How to Worship Our Mother in Heaven (Without Getting Excommunicated)
Journal article by Kevin L. Barney; Dialogue : A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol. 41, 2008
Subjects: Exegesis & hermeneutics, Kirkland, Boyd, Mormonism, Old Testament, Spirituality
...my happiness", but "by Asherah" or "with Asherahs help" beasherah, Asherah being a fertility goddess...planted a tree in honor of Asherah (Gen. 21:33) acquires new significance in light of Asherahs association with tree symbolism...
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Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel
Journal article by Ralph K. Hawkins; Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Vol. 49, 2006
...Ancient Israel" (chap. 5), "The Goddess Asherah and Her Cult" (chap. 6), and "Asherah, Womens Cults, and Official Yahwism" (chap...particulary inscriptions related to "Yahweh and his Asherah" (pp. 110-251). Dever concludes that...
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The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel
Journal article by Victor Hurowitz; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 130, 2010
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...was embodied in wood or stone. YHWHs Asherah at Kuntillet Ajrud was not His consort...His arboreal embodiment. The goddess Asherah (cf. 1 Kings 18:19) became a part...Phoenician goddess Tanit was Sem-Bacal, and Asherah embodied as a tree was essentially a tree...
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Recent Interpretations of Ancient Israelite Religion
Journal article by Ron E. Tappy; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 123, 2003
Subjects: Jews--Research, Religion--Research
...and Judahite thought Yhwh had a consort (Asherah); and the anthropomorphic representation of Asherah (based on 2 Kings 23:7) in the Jerusalem...Belet-ili, or Mami in Mesopotamia; Asherah in Canaan/Israel; etc.). Judging from...
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magazine articles on: Asherah  - 11 results

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A Literary Reading of the Book of Proverbs: God as One Half of a Two-Career Household
Magazine article by Jack Miles; Commonweal, Vol. 122, March 10, 1995
Subjects: Bible. O.T. Proverbs (Sacred text)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., God--Wisdom, Image of God--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...fertility cult of Baal and Asherah. But what is it that appalls...advocate of hard work. She is not Asherah redux, but she does take Asherahs ancient symbol, the tree...the spreading green tree of Asherah, for when they tasted its...
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Is the Bible Bad News for Women?
Magazine article by Cullen Murphy; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 22, Summer 1998
Subjects: Bible and feminism--Analysis, Bible. O.T. (Sacred text)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women and religion--Analysis, Women in the Bible--Analysis
...by Yahweh, our guardian, and his Asherah." For two decades, the finds at Kuntillet...the translation correct? If so, is "Asherah" meant to designate the Canaanite goddess...Israelites made room for a goddess, "his Asherah"? Was Kuntillet Ajrud their shrine...
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God's Bride on Pesach
Magazine article by Kim Chernin; Tikkun, Vol. 18, March 2003
Subjects: Holidays & special occasions, Religion, Rites & ceremonies, Social life & customs, Traditions
...named three Canaanite goddesses: Asherah, Astarte, and Anath. They likewise...attempting to eliminate. The worship of Asherahs, carved wooden figurines that depict...one lay a hand on the prophets of Asherah. By the end of the Seder, whoever...
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Was the Lady a Tramp?
Magazine article by Sarah L. Courteau; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 31, Autumn 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Jezebel: The Untold Story of the Bible's Harlot Queen (Book)--Book reviews
...abandon this retinue, her new husband built a temple for Baal (a biblical catchall name for several gods), made a symbol of Asherah (a variation on Jezebels fertility goddess, Astarte), and allowed Jezebel to import several hundred priests and priestesses...
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Virtual Light
Magazine article by John Leonard; The Nation, Vol. 257, November 15, 1993
Subjects: Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...whalekiller with his own H-bomb. Im nowhere near the matrix of a plot also involving ancient Sumer, the cult prostitutes of Asherah, the Epic of Gilgamesh, Sargon II, Noam Chomsky and George Steiner. Our only hope for a binary universe resides in a half...
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newspaper articles on: Asherah  - 3 results

 
 
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Why the BBC's New Face of Religion Believes God Had a WIFE
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), March 6, 2011
Subjects: Archaeology
...name many of them: El, Baal, Molek, Asherah. Despite Yahwehs assertion in the Ten...the Bibles admission that the goddess Asherah was worshipped in Yahwehs temple in Jerusalem...Of Kings, were told that a statue of Asherah was housed in the temple and that female...
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Bible Miracles
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, February 27, 2005
...that in the presence of 450 prophets of Baal, 400 prophets of Asherah and before other people whose faith was wavering as to whether...the God of Elijah, the prophet Elijah challenged the Baal-Asherah prophets to call on their god. From morning to evening, the...
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The Bar to Life on Mars
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 9, 2005
...Jehoiada died full of years: 130 years old was he when he died. After this, Joash abandoned God and worshipped idols and at asherah poles (something akin to totem poles). So Joash started right, but went off the rails at the end of his life. Rev Henry...


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encyclopedia articles on: Asherah  - 3 results

 
 
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Asherah
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ASHERAH ash r or Asheroth -roth, Canaanite fertility goddess...Bible may refer to the planting of a tree as a symbol of Asherah, or the setting up of a wooden object as an asherah the Hebrew words for "tree" and "wood" are the same...
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Jezebel
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of King Ahab and the mother of Ahaziah, Jehoram, and Athaliah. She encouraged worship of Baal, including the worship of Asherah and persecuted the prophets of her day. Jezebel was the bitter foe of Elijah . Elijahs prophecy of Jezebels doom was fulfilled...
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Canaan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...they subjugated it. The land held a number of pre-Israelite peoples listed in several passages in the Bible. See Ugarit ; Asherah ; Baal ; Philistia ; Phoenicia . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with...


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