Tag Archives: Deuteronomy
Israelite Figurines: Toys or Religious Icons?
Animals and Humans Statistically, animal forms in Israel predominate those of human shape, and the majority of human forms are those of females. These female figurines have been labeled as the “Mother-goddess” or “Astarte” and since they go against the principal of aniconism (aversion to the use of icons) that the book of Deuteronomy describes, [...]
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 [...]
Golden Amulet with Hebrew Prayer
A 3rd Century CE Roman grave has revealed a startling find- a small golden scroll with the Hebrew prayer, known as the Shema, "Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one" (Deuteronomy 6:4). The scroll is a Greek transcription of the prayer, and was found resting in an infant’s grave. This [...]
Biblical Poetry – Parallelism
Parallelism is a prominent feature in Ancient Near Eastern poetry and biblical poetry as such, and is also present in certain cases in biblical prose. The meaning of parallelism is that there is an inherent connection between the two members of a poetic verse: various elements are re-worded and repeated, or changed and re-stated, as [...]
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