Tag Archives: Asherah
Women and Religion in Israel
The Difference between King David and his great-grandmother Ruth It is true to say the two subjects, women and religion, do not hold a central role in the religious history of the Israelites. Israel was a patrilineal society were men made the rules and wrote the history of their nation. In this history and especially [...]
Posted in Biblical Hebrew
Tagged Asherah, David, Deborah, Ezekiel, Israel, Miriam, Moab, Monotheism, Old testament, Queen of Heaven, religion, Ruth, Tabernacle, Tammuz, women
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Married Deities: Asherah and Yahweh in Early Israelite Religion
Ancient Man’s View of the Heavenly Realms For the average ancient man it was common to envision the godly entities of the heavens in pairs. These pairs normally consisted of a husband-wife ratio which essentially reflected the importance of the family unit in ancient times. For it was the help and patronage of the family [...]
Tagged Asherah, Athirat, Deuteronomy, El, Hezekiah, Jehu, Josiah, Khirbet el-Qom, Kuntillet Ajrud, Ras Shamra, Ugarit, Yahweh
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