Judith Hadley deploys recent archaeological discoveries, alongside biblical material and nonbiblical inscriptions, to examine the evidence for the worship of Asherah as the partner of God in the Bible. She asks how Israelites construed the relationship between "Yahweh and his Asherah," and whether in fact the term referred to an object of worship rather than a female deity. This is a well-crafted study that promises to make a significant contribution to the debate about the exact nature of Asherah and her significance in pre-exilic Israel and Judah.
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"...Hadley explains her material in a clear, ordered fashion accesible to anyone with genereal knowledge of the field." Christine E. Gudorf, Journal of the American Academy of Religion
"Hadley's critical command of previous studies is impressive; there are over six hundred items in her bibliography, most of which are cited within the text. Her greatest strength, however, lies in her personally revisiting virtually every previously published item germane to the discussion, checking out adventitious cracks and marks in inscriptions for possible earlier misinterpretations, and examinating graffiti for the sequence strokes, overlays, and interrelationships." The Catholic Biblical Quaterly 2001
"Hadley's critical command of previous studies is impressive; there are over six hundred items in her bibliography, most of which are cited within the text. Her greatest strength, however, lies in her personally revisiting virtually every previously published item germane to the discussion, checking out adventitious cracks and marks in inscriptions for possible earlier misinterpretations, and examinating graffiti for the sequence strokes, overlays, and interrelationships." The Catholic Biblical Quaterly 2001
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Judith Hadley deploys recent archaeological discoveries, alongside biblical material and non-biblical inscriptions, to examine the evidence for the worship of Asherah as the partner of God in the Bible. She asks how Israelites construed the relationship between 'Yahweh and his Asherah', and whether in fact the term referred to an object of worship rather than a female deity. This is a well-crafted study which promises to make a significant contribution to the debate about the exact nature of Asherah and her significance in pre-exilic Israel and Judah.
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In recent years archaeological discoveries have helped to shed some light on the goddess Asherah and her possible role in Israelite religion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
srth hws, term asherah, pillar figurines, wooden cultic object, cultic pole, concerning asherah, vocative lamed, seated lyre player, byt yhwh, voluted columns, plaque figurines, cultic stand, fosse temple, word dividers, plaster inscriptions, asherah worship, cultic symbol, moulded heads, wooden symbol, bench room, stylized tree, cultic image, theophoric element, apotropaic function, exaggerated breasts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Testament, Hebrew Bible, Iron Age, Late Bronze Age, Yahweh of Samaria, Yahweh of Teman, Beth Shemesh, Ugaritic Athirat, Arslan Tash, Tel Miqne, Queen of Heaven, Israel Museum, After Beck, New Kingdom, Princess Sitamun, Ras Shamra, Athirat of Tyre, Book of Kings, Books of Kings, Kibbutz Revadim, Mount Carmel, Tell Beit Mirsim, Tell Jemmeh, Amorite Agratum, Assyrian Ishtar New!
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In recent years archaeological discoveries have helped to shed some light on the goddess Asherah and her possible role in Israelite religion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
srth hws, term asherah, pillar figurines, wooden cultic object, cultic pole, concerning asherah, vocative lamed, seated lyre player, byt yhwh, voluted columns, plaque figurines, cultic stand, fosse temple, word dividers, plaster inscriptions, asherah worship, cultic symbol, moulded heads, wooden symbol, bench room, stylized tree, cultic image, theophoric element, apotropaic function, exaggerated breasts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Testament, Hebrew Bible, Iron Age, Late Bronze Age, Yahweh of Samaria, Yahweh of Teman, Beth Shemesh, Ugaritic Athirat, Arslan Tash, Tel Miqne, Queen of Heaven, Israel Museum, After Beck, New Kingdom, Princess Sitamun, Ras Shamra, Athirat of Tyre, Book of Kings, Books of Kings, Kibbutz Revadim, Mount Carmel, Tell Beit Mirsim, Tell Jemmeh, Amorite Agratum, Assyrian Ishtar New!
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- Ancient Seals and the Bible by Leonard and Williams-Forte, Elizabeth Gorelick in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Asherah and the Cult of Yahweh in Israel by Saul M. Olyan on page 23, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Studies in the Period of David and Solomon and Other Essays: Papers Read at the International Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, 1979 by Japan) International Symposium for Biblical Studies (1979 Tokyo on page 189, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Israelite Religion (Brown Classics in Judaica) by Helmer Ringgren in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Ascribe to the Lord: Biblical & Other Essays in Memory of Peter C. Craigie (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. Supplement Series, 67) by Lyle M. Eslinger in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Did God Have A Wife? Archaeology And Folk Religion In Ancient Israel by William G. Dever on page 43, page 204, and Back Matter
- The Troubles of Templeless Judah (Oxford Theological Monographs) by Jill Middlemas on page 83, and Back Matter
- The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel (Biblical Resource Series) by Mark S. Smith in Front Matter, and page 108
- Goddesses and the Divine Feminine: A Western Religious History by Rosemary Ruether on page 322
- Memoirs of God by Mark S. Smith in Back Matter
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