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An Asherah pole is a sacred tree or pole that stood near Canaanite religious locations to honor the goddess Asherah. [1] The relation of the literary references to an asherah and archaeological finds of Judaean pillar-figurines has engendered a literature of debate.
An Asherah pole is a sacred tree or pole that stood near Canaanite religious locations to honor the Ugaritic mother-goddess Asherah, consort of El. [2] [a] The relation of the literary references to an asherah and archaeological finds of Judaean pillar-figurines has engendered a literature of debate. [3] [b]
Cultic objects dedicated to Asherah frequently depict trees, and the terms asherim and asheroth, regularly invoked by the Hebrew Bible in the context of Asherah worship, are traditionally understood to refer to sacred trees called "Asherah poles". An especially common Asherah tree in visual art is the date palm, a reliable producer of nutrition ...
It was often on the hill above the town, as at Ramah (1 Samuel 9:12–14); there was a stele , the seat of the deity, and a Asherah pole (named after the goddess Asherah), which marked the place as sacred and was itself an object of worship; there was a stone altar (מִזְבֵּחַ mīzbēaḥ "slaughter place"), often of considerable size ...
The bamah of Megiddo. From the Hebrew Bible and from existing remains a good idea may be formed of the appearance of such a place of worship. It was often on the hill above the town, as at Ramah (1 Samuel 9:12–14); there was a stele (), the seat of the deity, and a Asherah pole (named after the goddess Asherah), which marked the place as sacred and was itself an object of worship; there was ...
Ta'anach altar A, in the Israel Museum, is tapered like the letter A, while stand B in Turkey is boxier. Cultic incense stand found at Ta'anach (a site on the rim of the Jezreel Valley close to Megiddo) dated to the time of Israelite occupation in the tenth century BCE. [1] Asherah is shown in humanlike and tree form.
The use of artificial, geometric or stylised sacred trees is a common motif in its own right, attested in Assyrian art and Mitanni seals from the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC onwards, [10] and non-lifelike trees are associated with Asherah specifically [16] [page needed] through examples such as the Asherah pole.
The altar of the tabernacle at Gibeon was used for sacrificial worship (1 Chronicles 16:39; 21:29; 1 Kings 3:2–4), until Solomon brought the structure and its furnishings to Jerusalem to furnish and dedicate the Temple (1 Kings 8:4). [27]