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The conception of Asherah as the partner of Yahweh has stirred a lot of debate. [10] While the consensus view is that Asherah is separate from Yahwism, [63] most scholars have argued that Yahweh and Asherah were a consort pair according to some religions in the region. [6] [64] [8] [9]
The final h on the construction yhwh šmrn w'šrth is "his" in "Yahweh and his Asherah." [14] [51] This is well-attested earlier [52] [full citation needed] but unusual in Biblical use with personal or divine names, raising the possibility that "Asherah" refers to some cultic object rather than a deity. [53]
Scholars believe Asherah is merely a cultic object or temple but others argue that it is a generic name for any consort of Yahweh. [ 16 ] Ronald Hendel argues a middle ground is possible, where the Asherah pole is a symbol of the eponymous goddess but is believed to be the mediator between the worshipper and Yahweh, where she becomes the ...
Alongside Yahweh was his consort Asherah, [34] (replaced by the goddess "Anat-Yahu" in the temple of the 5th century Jewish settlement Elephantine in Egypt), [35] and various biblical passages indicate that statues of the goddess were kept in Yahweh's temples in Jerusalem, Bethel, and Samaria. [36] [37]
The God on the Winged Wheel coin, minted in Gaza City, southern Philistia, during the Persian period of the 4th century BCE. It possibly represents Yahweh enthroned on a winged wheel, although this identification is disputed among scholars. Deities of the ancient Near East Ancient Egyptian Amun Anubis Apis Atum Buchis Geb Horus Isis Montu Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Qetesh Ra Set Shu Tefnut Thoth ...
Did God Have a Wife? was intended as a popular work making available to the general public the evidence long known to Biblical archaeologists regarding ancient Israelite religion: namely that the Israelite God of antiquity (before 600 BCE), Yahweh, had a consort, that her name was Asherah, and that she was part of the Canaanite pantheon.
Yahweh, he argues, originated in Edom/Midian/Teman as a warrior-god and was subsequently assimilated into the highland pantheon headed by El and his consort, Asherah and populated by Baal and other deities. [2] Smith sees this process as marked by two major phases, which he describes as "convergence" and "differentiation".
According to the majority of biblical scholars, Asherah was Yahweh's consort, and she was worshipped alongside Yahweh. [57] [58] [59] This is disputed by a significant minority, who maintain that the asherah in the Temple was a wooden pole, rather than a statue.