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1929: 2367: 1969:, the usual depiction of the sacred tree flanked by ibexes or birds is in one goblet replaced by a pubic triangle flanked by ibexes. The interchange between the tree and the pubic triangle prove, according to Hestrin, that the tree symbolizes the fertility goddess Asherah. Hestrin draws parallels between this and representations of Hathor as the sycamore tree goddess in Egypt, and suggests that during the period of Egyptian rule in Palestine the Hathor cult penetrated the region so extensively that Hathor became identified with Asherah. Other motifs in the ewer such as a lion, fallow deer and ibexes seem to have a close relationship with the iconography associated with her. 2378: 1815: 93: 3012: 2505: 2410:. In the latter, a jar shows bovid-anthropomorphic figures and several inscriptions that refer to "Yahweh of Samaria and his Asherah" and "Yahweh of Teman and his Asherah." However, a number of scholars hold that the "asherah" mentioned in the inscriptions refers to some kind of cultic object or symbol, rather than a goddess. For instance, some scholars have argued that since cognate forms of "asherah" are used with the meaning of "sanctuary" in 1779:, with -im "Asherim" making up the great majority. The significance is unclear, as the interaction of gender and number in Hebrew is not robustly understood. Not all scholars find HB references with final t plural. Archaic suffixes like –atu/a/i became Northwest Semitic -at or -ā latter written -ah in transcription. That is, merely terminally alternate spellings like Asherat and Asherah reflect contextual rather than existential variation. 2009: 3000: 2513: 2580:
instead of Asherah's name. Non-scholarly English language readers of the Bible would not have read her name for more than 400 years afterward. The association of Asherah with trees in the Hebrew Bible is very strong. For example, she is found under trees (1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 17:10) and is made of
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is rife with potent, striking sexual imagery, depicting Asherah suckling two smaller figures and using both of her hands to fully expose her vagina. Many times, Asherah's pubis area was marked by a concentration of dots, indicating pubic hair, though this figure is sometimes polysemically understood
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in which neither she nor Yam is otherwise implicated. Park suggested in 2010 that the name Athirat might be derived from a passive participle form, referring to the "one followed by (the gods)", that is, "progenitress or originatress", which would correspond to Asherah's image as the "mother of the
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In one potsherd there appear a large and small bovine. This "oral fixation" motif has diverse examples, see figs 413–419 in Winter. In fact, already Flinders Petrie in the 1930s was referring to Davies on the memorable stereotype. It's such a common motif in Syrian and Phoenician ivories that the
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4 See KAT 89.1, rbt hwt “It, *rabbat hawwat ’ilat, “The Lady Hawwah, Elat,’” who is likely Asherah/Elat/Tannit. Elat is a well known epithet of Asherah both in the Bronze and Iron Ages. “The Lady” (rbt) is used frequently of Tannit in the Punic world. For another Punic attestation of hwt, see M.
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Asherah's association with fertility was not limited to her association with trees; she was often depicted with pronounced sexual features. Idols of Asherah, often called ’Astarte figurines’, are representative of Asherah as a tree in that they have bodies which resemble tree trunks, while also
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the sea may mislead; Yam is the deified sea itself rather than a deity who holds dominion over it.) So some say Athirat's title can be translated as "Lady ʾAṯirat of the Sea", alternatively, "she who walks on the sea", or even "the Great Lady-who-tramples-Yam." This invites relation to a
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Though it is accepted that Ashratum's name is cognate to that of Asherah, the two goddesses are not actually identified with one another, given that they occupied different positions within their pantheons, despite sharing their status as consort to the supreme deity.
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throughout the Books of Kings: Solomon builds temples to many deities and Josiah is reported as cutting down the statues of Asherah in the temple Solomon built for Yahweh (2 Kings 23:14). Josiah's grandfather Manasseh had erected one such statue (2 Kings 21:7).
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and the like, along with lunisolar, arboreal, florid, serpentine) that a listing would approach meaninglessness as it neared exhaustiveness. Frevel's 1000-page dissertation ends enigmatically with the pronouncement "There is no genuine Asherah iconography".
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blame the goddess religion for making Yahweh "jealous", and cite his jealousy as the reason Yahweh allowed the destruction of Jerusalem. Although their nature remains uncertain, sexual rites typically revolved around women of power and influence, such as
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wood by human beings (1 Kings 14:15, 2 Kings 16:3–4). The farther from the time of Josiah's reforms, the broader the perception of an Asherah became. Trees described in later Jewish texts as being an asherah or part of an asherah include
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Due to certain ambiguities in surviving attestations of Asherah, whether she is to be considered a deity or a symbol is not universally agreed upon. While some consider Asherah to be a defined deity, others call her a "mere
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in the royal court and the worship (orthodox or not) of Asherah. The Hebrew Bible frequently and graphically associates goddess worship with prostitution ("whoredom") in material written after the reforms of
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Archaeology and Fertility Cult in the Ancient Mediterranean: Papers Presented at the First International Conference on Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean, University of Malta, 2–5 September 1985
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gods" in Ugaritic literature. This solution was a response to and variation of B. Margalit's of her following in Yahweh's literal footsteps, a less generous estimation nonetheless supported by D
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in the first millennium BCE, though other scholars dispute a connection between Tanit and Asherah, and between Asherah and Eve. A Phoenician deity Ḥawwat is attested in the
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as a feminine aspect of Yahweh may be a cultural memory or devolution of Asherah. Another such aspect is seen in the feminine (grammatically or otherwise) treatment of the
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has stirred a lot of debate. Many have written about it, and most scholars have argued that Yahweh and Asherah were indeed a consort pair among the ancient Israelites.
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inscriptions from the same period, this may also be the meaning of the term in the two Hebrew inscriptions. Others argue that the term "asherah" may refer to a
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J B Pritchard 1948 Palestinian figurines in relation to certain goddesses known through literature page 64. Further refers to Cooke in NSI pp 195 ff.
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Possible evidence for her worship includes an iconography and inscriptions at two locations in use circa the 9th century. The first was in a cave at
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A variety of symbols have been associated with Asherah. The most common by far is that of the tree, an equivalence seen as early as Neolithic times.
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Beside the obvious connections between goddesses who sometimes cannot be distinguished, some scholars have found an early link between Asherah and
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1 NEWBERRY Beni Hasan i Pl xiii register 4 Cf PETRIE Deshasheh Pl v register 3 there is a very example in DAVIES Ptahhetep ii Pl xvii
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Points of reference in Akkadian epigraphy are collocated and heterographic Amarna Letters 60 and 61's Asheratic personal name. Within
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Attempts to identify Asherah within the pantheon of ancient Egypt have been met with both limited acceptance and controversy.
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Walker, M. Justin (2016). "The Wings of the Dove are Covered with Silver: The (Absent) Presence of the Goddess in Psalm 68".
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Emerton, J. A. (1982). "New Light on Israelite Religion: The Implications of the Inscriptions from Kuntillet ʿAjrud".
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Earlier obfuscations like this translation of her name as a "fetish of happiness" long made Asherah difficult to see.
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is known to have been worshipped in Sumer. Her Amorite provenance is further supported by her status as the wife of
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the word Elat positioned immediately over the tree, indicating the... tree as a representation of the goddess Elat."
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The name Asherah appears forty times in the Hebrew Bible, but it is much reduced in English translations. The word
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Jeffrey H. Tigay, "A Second Temple Parallel to the Blessings from Kuntillet Ajrud" (University of Pennsylvania)
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Asherah survived late in remote South Arabia as seen in some common era Qatabanian and Maʕinian inscriptions.
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further extenuating the goddess' connection to fertility in line with her status as a "mother goddess". The "
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II 2.107D, pg = II:257 (No author named; only ref: Sollberger and Kupper 1971: 219; Frayne 1990: 359-360).
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The Triumph of the Symbol: Pictorial Representation of Deities in Mesopotamia and the Biblical Image Ban
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without significant issues, and if Asherah were a word from Ugarit it would be pronounced differently.
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A Reassessment of 'Asherah': A Study according to the Textual Sources of the First Two Millennia B.C.E
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many scholars doubt that cultic prostitution as it is usually understood existed in ancient Israel.
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symbol, as animals are often shown feeding directly (if a bit abstractly) from the pubic triangle.
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Margalit, Baruch (1989), "Some Observations On the Inscription and Drawing From Khirbet El-Qôm",
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Earlier scholars were less reluctant to draw connections among the numerous similarly-named
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Each is on line ii within the letter's opening or greeting sentiment. Some may transcribe
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Gibson says sources from before 1200 BC almost always credit Athirat with her full title
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Some have sought a common-noun meaning of her name, especially in Ugaritic appellation
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used for the worship of Yahweh as this is the meaning that the Hebrew term has in the
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brought hundreds of prophets for Baal and Asherah with her into the Israelite court.
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commanding the destruction of her shrines so as to maintain purity of his worship.
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to commemorate setting up a "protective genius" (font?) for her in her temple.
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means "lady" (literally "female great one"). She appears to champion her son,
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Various partial inscriptions found on destroyed seventh century BCE jars in
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Cultic objects dedicated to Asherah frequently depict trees, and the terms
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Early scholarship emphasized somewhat mutually-negating possibilities of
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or similar form. In any event, Watkins says the root of both names is a
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Asherah may also have been associated with the ancient pan-
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as a grape cluster. The womb was also sometimes used as a
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The symbols around Asherah are so many (8+ pointed star,
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name, and the cakes. Dever also points to the temple at
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Gitin, Seymour; Dothan, Trude; Naveh, Joseph (1997).
5024:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 90, 176. 4482:
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Keel, Othmar; Uehlinger, Christoph (1 January 1998).
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1900, grove at brook Kidron, Jerusalem, Gertrude Bell
2313:". In those texts, Athirat is the consort of the god 2096:
is believed to be linked to the Mesopotamian goddess
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A limestone slab inscribed with a dedication made by
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The -ot ending "Asherot" is found three times in the
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4013: 4001: 3563: 2100:who is sometimes portrayed as the daughter of Anu. 1580: 206: 127: 119: 107: 99: 65: 6024:The Goddess in Judaism – An Historical Perspective 5761:Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 5640:(Access only by subscription or article purchase.) 5505:Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 3449:"Astarte in the Bible and her Relation to Asherah" 3345:. In Hulster, Izaak J. de; LeMon, Joel M. (eds.). 3343:"Finding Asherah: The Goddesses in Text and Image" 5423:"Eve's Ritual: the Judahite Sacred Marriage Rite" 3187:Asertu, tablet concordance KUB XXXVI 35 - CTH 342 2309:, which may be translated as "the creator of the 2302:), gives credence to this alternate translation. 1984:. According to Beaulieu, depictions of a divine " 1921:tree discovered in a 7,500 year old gravesite in 1822:presentation can lessen the visual effect of the 6005:(2nd ed.), London: Sheffield Academic Press 5831:, translated by Ford, J. N., Leiden, NE: Brill, 5827:Divine Epithets in the Ugaritic Alphabetic Texts 4861:Harlot or Holy Woman?: A Study of Hebrew Qedešah 4372:The Semitic Languages: An International Handbook 3442: 3440: 2724: 2564:) for the latter. The Vulgate in Latin provided 1659: 3500:Comparative Semitic And Hebrew Plural Morphemes 2834:, "trace") is similar in meaning to the Hebrew 1863:. Olyan notes that Eve's original Hebrew name, 6053:University of Birmingham: Deryn Guest: Asherah 5872:Bible et Proche-Orient. Mélanges André Lemaire 5314:. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. pp. 29–38. 4270: 4268: 2764:, northwestern Arabia, and now located at the 1759:is "king, prince, ruler." The NW Semitic root 6126: 5897:Journal for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities 4435: 3196:', Hittite Collection, Hatice Gonnet-Bağana; 1925:has been considered an Asherah tree by some. 1552: 490: 8: 5308:"Notes on the Kuntillet 'Ajrud Inscriptions" 3536:Religion and Literature of Ancient Palestine 3383: 3381: 3263:. University Press of America. p. 193. 2359:The conception of Asherah as the partner of 2054:), and presages similar use with words like 5973:Wiggins, Steve A. (2007), Wyatt, N. (ed.), 5468:Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages 30/1 5331:Aspects of Syncretism in Israelite Religion 5095:"A Royal Dedicatory Inscription from Ekron" 3686:. Princeton University Press. p. 270. 3336: 3334: 2056:voluptuousness, joy, tender, patient, mercy 1719:and Asherah were a consort pair in ancient 18: 6158: 6133: 6119: 6111: 5913:Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 4596:. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 238. 4451: 3884:Ägypten und Levante / Egypt and the Levant 3825:Journal for the Study of the New Testament 3684:Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times 1559: 1545: 508: 497: 483: 224: 91: 6031:Asherah, the Tree of Life and the Menorah 5740:"Short Notes on the Etymology of Asherah" 5310:. In Eshel, Esther; Levin, Yigal (eds.). 5105:(1/2). Israel Exploration Society: 1–16. 4705: 4093: 3349:. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 71–90. 1851:3:20 through the identification with the 5702:Asherah and the Cult of Yahweh in Israel 5616:Journal of the American Oriental Society 5571:Goddesses and Trees, New Moon and Yahweh 5399:. New York: Cambridge University Press. 5396:Yahweh and the Origins of Ancient Israel 4317: 4301: 4275:Gibson, J. C. L.; Driver, G. R. (1978), 4259:the administrative text (KTU2 4.168: 4) 4064: 3937:Rich, Viktoria Greenboim (16 May 2022). 3784: 3661:(1st ed.). Routledge. p. 171. 3252: 3250: 2699:("holiness", sometimes reconstructed as 2117: 24:This is an accepted version of this page 5590:Reinstating the Divine Woman in Judaism 4903:. Oxford University Press. p. 72. 4463: 4374:. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 179–258. 4160: 4158: 3965: 3299:Mills, Watson, ed. (31 December 1999). 3294: 3292: 3088: 3029: 2995: 2520:There are references to the worship of 2496:aimed at assuring an abundant harvest. 2337:") and mother of either 77 or 88 sons. 2305:Another primary epithet of Athirat was 511: 265: 232: 20: 5891:Stuckey, Johanna H. (1 January 2002). 5289: 4900:The Jewish Study Bible: Second Edition 4883: 4740: 4628: 4577: 4422: 4357: 4038:(4). Israel Exploration Society: 215. 3977: 3865: 3632: 3591: 3484: 3212: 3142:, vol. 105, no. 3, 1986, pp. 385–408. 3100: 2206:, "holiness". There is reference to a 1882:There is further speculation that the 62: 54:For the small research submarine, see 5421:Beaulieu, Stéphane (1 January 2007). 5278:Ancient Goddesses: Myths and Evidence 5080: 4767: 4728: 4439: 4333: 4081: 3989: 3924: 3737:. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 56. 3706: 3223: 3221: 2039:, the supreme deity of the Amorites. 7: 5878:: 47–66 (with Pls. 4–5 on 189–190). 5849:, Texas Christian University Press, 5139:Wiggins, Steve A. (1 January 1991). 4690:"Judahite Hebrew Epigraphy and Cult" 4610:from the original on 18 January 2022 4345: 3644: 3612:. Edinburgh: Bloomsbury Publishing. 3372: 3319:from the original on 10 January 2022 3277:from the original on 10 January 2022 3235:from the original on 15 January 2012 3118:The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia 2725: 1660: 6063:"Room One, Major Canaanite Deities" 5893:"The Great Goddesses of the Levant" 5162:. Infobase Publishing. p. 37. 5001:from the original on 5 January 2006 4971:from the original on 27 August 2016 4438:, p. 40, fig. 31a, and lately 4028:"The Lachish Ewer and the 'Asherah" 3434:Pardee, COS I, p 277, DAWN AND DUSK 2819:and differs on the root's meaning. 2804:or a later borrowing of the Hebrew 2299: 2263: 1933:"The dedicatory inscription on the 1791:"Elat", the feminine equivalent of 1605: 5870:. J. Elayi – J.-M. Durand (eds.). 5691:Myer, Allen C. (2000), "Asherah", 5356:Albright, William Foxwell (1969). 3610:Gods, Goddesses, And Images of God 3532:"A New Analysis of YHWH's asherah" 3497:Pat-El, Na’ama (6 November 2018). 3167:from the original on 6 August 2021 2768:, believed to date to the time of 2190:, "goddess", the feminine form of 1535:Religions of the ancient Near East 49: 6077:(Commentary on Yahweh's Asherah.) 5185:"Athirat: As Found at Ras Shamra" 4133:. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. 4014:Locatell, McKinny & Shai 2022 4002:Locatell, McKinny & Shai 2022 3831:(2). SAGE Publications: 249–253. 3797:Wolfson, Elliot (18 April 2013). 3564:Locatell, McKinny & Shai 2022 3120:. Columbia University Press. 2022 2815:. Pritchard excerpts the mention 2282:, resulting in the word becoming 2222:. Apparently of Akkadian origin, 1755:The common NW Semitic meaning of 5847:The Asherah in the Old Testament 5693:Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible 5573:. Sheffield: Burns & Oates. 5199:from the original on 1 July 2019 5160:Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses 4694:Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology 3880:"Western Asiatic Tree-Goddesses" 3475:Judg. 3.7, 2 Chron. 19.3 and 3.3 3010: 2998: 1576: 216:77 or 88 sons (Hittite religion) 5845:Reed, William Laforest (1949), 5158:Jordan, Michael (14 May 2014). 4863:. Penn State Press. p. 6. 4210:Journal of Near Eastern Studies 4204:Patai, Raphael (January 1965). 3451:. In Sugimoto, David T. (ed.). 3060:Ugaritic 𐎗𐎁𐎚 𐎀𐎘𐎗𐎚 𐎊𐎎, 2743:as the consort of the moon-god 5489:, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 4782:Journal of Biblical Literature 4527:Meshel, Zev (1 January 1986), 3302:Mercer Dictionary of the Bible 3140:Journal of Biblical Literature 1826:'s directly protruding breasts 1: 6069:Kuntillet ʿAjrud inscriptions 5628:10.7817/jaos.142.3.2022.ar024 3447:Anthonioz, Stéphanie (2014). 2084:, was considered the wife of 6633:Queens of Heaven (antiquity) 5695:, Amsterdam University Press 5360:. Harvard University Press. 3341:Wyse-Rhodes, Jackie (2015). 2731: 2395:Kuntillet Ajrud inscriptions 2111:by the 14th-century name of 1700: 1666: 1650: 1633: 6598:Deities in the Hebrew Bible 6088:(This equates Asherah with 6081:ANE: Kuntillet bibliography 6061:Qadash Kinahnu Deity Temple 6003:Religious Texts from Ugarit 4817:Catholic Biblical Quarterly 4436:Keel & Uehlinger (1998) 4277:Canaanite Myths and Legends 3682:Redford, Donald B. (1992). 2918:Queen of Heaven (antiquity) 2693:Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt 2174:, Asherah appears as ʾṯrt ( 1795:. Her titles often include 1616: 213:70 sons (Ugaritic religion) 6659: 5955:Wiggins, Steve A. (1993), 5925:10.1177/030908929502006602 5644:Long, Asphodel P. (1993), 5549:Hadley, Judith M. (2000), 5483:Dever, William G. (2005), 5459:Cornelius, Sakkie (2004). 5099:Israel Exploration Journal 4961:"Genesis Chapter 1 (NKJV)" 4659:10.1163/156853399774228010 4476:Dever, William G. (1984). 4032:Israel Exploration Journal 3260:An Archaeology of Religion 3072:Ugaritic 𐎖𐎐𐎊𐎚 𐎛𐎍𐎎, 2695:, a Semitic goddess named 2677: 2555: 2539: 2532:is translated in Greek as 2484:, formerly translated as " 2392: 2344: 2046:to Ashratum is known from 1715:. Some scholars hold that 1692: 1642: 1625: 77:Lady Asherah (of the) Sea 53: 6550: 5532:Goldwasser, Orly (2006), 5393:Amzallag, Nissim (2023). 5375:Barker, Margaret (2012), 5253: 4590:Bonanno, Anthony (1986). 4165:Hess, Richard S. (1996). 3659:Women in the Hebrew Bible 3406:10.2143/RBI.122.1.3149557 3231:. BBC. 21 December 2011. 2827: 2797: 2789: 2781: 2553: 2537: 1877:Punica tabella defixionis 1871:, an attested epithet of 1811:, "creator of the gods." 1764: 1727:, while others disagree. 1673:ancient Semitic religions 90: 75: 68: 6583:Ancient Israel and Judah 5823:Rahmouni, Aicha (2008), 5592:, Universal Publishers, 5517:10.1515/zatw.1982.94.1.2 5338:Albright, W. F. (1968), 5183:Watkins, Justin (2007). 5054:Coogan, Michael (2010). 3837:10.1177/0142064x07084777 2347:Ancient Semitic religion 2321:this goddess appears as 2178:: 𐎀𐎘𐎗𐎚), anglicised 2115:, "servant of Asherah". 1767:‎) means "tread". 234:Ancient Semitic religion 31:latest accepted revision 5862:Sass, Benjamin (2014). 5796:Patai, Raphael (1990), 5755:Park, Sung Jin (2011). 5738:Park, Sung Jin (2010). 5700:Olyan, Saul M. (1988). 5677:10.1163/156853389X00534 5306:Ahituv, Shmuel (2014). 5020:Danby, Herbert (1933). 4688:Lemaire, André (2024). 4641:Emerton, J. A. (1999). 4127:Wiggins, Steve (2007). 3257:Wesler, Kit W. (2012). 2817:wšnglʔ wʔšyrʔ ʔlhy tymʔ 2624:female pillar figurines 2258:), from which derives ( 2107:is found a king of the 51:Ancient Semitic goddess 6623:West Semitic goddesses 6243:Baalshamin/Baʿalshamem 5719:Ornan, Tallay (2005). 5441:Binger, Tilde (1997), 5060:. Twelve. p. 47. 4167:"Asherah or Asherata?" 4026:Hestrin, Ruth (1987). 2736:) she was attested in 2517: 2509: 2385: 2374: 2200:); she is also called 2017: 1939: 1827: 1787:Her name is sometimes 1675:. She also appears in 258:Near Eastern Religions 5569:Keel, Othmar (1998). 4995:www.asphodel-long.com 4939:Gertrude Bell Archive 4279:, T. & T. Clark, 4206:"The Goddess Asherah" 3878:Ziffer, Irit (2010). 3388:Puech, Émile (2015). 3192:5 August 2021 at the 2691:Beginning during the 2678:Further information: 2515: 2507: 2380: 2369: 2333:("El, the Creator of 2074:, Asherah appears as 2011: 1945:Judean pillar figures 1931: 1817: 6618:Phoenician mythology 6384:Mesopotamian deities 5982:Winter, Urs (1983). 5773:10.1515/zaw.2011.036 5588:Kien, Jenny (2000), 5538:Egypt and the Levant 5427:Concordia University 4115:Context of Scripture 3896:10.1553/AEundL20s411 3657:Bach, Alice (1998). 2947:Judean pillar figure 2943:- Bronze age figures 2420:sacred tree or grove 1824:Judean pillar figure 1744:, only found in the 974:Hutena and Hutellura 6608:Levantine mythology 6603:Fertility goddesses 6588:Book of Deuteronomy 6059:Lilinah biti-Anat, 6045:Rabbi Jill Hammer, 6038:Jewish Encyclopedia 5379:, T & T Clark, 5274:Christine E. Morris 5044:Deuteronomy 12: 3–4 4707:10.52486/01.00007.3 4580:, pp. 122–136. 4541:10.1075/zg.15.24mes 4454:, pp. 121–160. 4442:, pp. 160–163. 4348:, pp. 527–534. 2953:Semitic neopaganism 2705:intermediary period 2674:In Egyptian sources 2646:contain words like 2500:In the Hebrew Bible 2442:Sacred prostitution 2341:In Israel and Judah 2250:(for reconstructed 1990:Ta'anach cult stand 1671:) was a goddess in 1027:Ninatta and Kulitta 228:Part of a series on 179:Qatabanian religion 56:Asherah (submarine) 21:Page version status 6022:Asphodel P. Long, 6001:Wyatt, N. (2003), 5798:The Hebrew Goddess 5744:Ugarit Forschungen 5648:, Crossing Press, 3760:Ugarit-Forschungen 3729:Day, John (2021). 3538:. 13 December 2015 2949:- Iron age figures 2662:"to Asherah", and 2638:Philistine records 2518: 2510: 2486:temple prostitutes 2480:. 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4296: 4292: 4288: 4286:9780567023513 4282: 4278: 4271: 4269: 4265: 4262: 4256: 4253: 4250:DULAT I p 128 4247: 4244: 4239: 4235: 4231: 4227: 4223: 4219: 4215: 4211: 4207: 4200: 4197: 4192: 4188: 4184: 4180: 4176: 4172: 4168: 4161: 4159: 4155: 4150: 4146: 4142: 4136: 4132: 4131: 4123: 4120: 4116: 4111: 4108: 4102: 4099: 4095: 4090: 4087: 4083: 4078: 4076: 4074: 4070: 4066: 4065:Beaulieu 2007 4061: 4058: 4053: 4049: 4045: 4041: 4037: 4033: 4029: 4022: 4019: 4015: 4010: 4007: 4003: 3998: 3995: 3991: 3986: 3983: 3980:, p. 30. 3979: 3974: 3971: 3968:, p. 56. 3967: 3962: 3960: 3956: 3944: 3940: 3933: 3930: 3926: 3921: 3918: 3913: 3909: 3905: 3901: 3897: 3893: 3889: 3885: 3881: 3874: 3871: 3867: 3862: 3859: 3854: 3850: 3846: 3842: 3838: 3834: 3830: 3826: 3819: 3816: 3804: 3800: 3793: 3790: 3786: 3785:Amzallag 2023 3781: 3778: 3773: 3769: 3765: 3761: 3754: 3751: 3746: 3740: 3736: 3732: 3725: 3722: 3715: 3712: 3709:, p. 71. 3708: 3703: 3700: 3695: 3689: 3685: 3678: 3675: 3670: 3664: 3660: 3653: 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and 1514:Utu/Shamash 1464:Ningishzida 1355:Belet Nagar 1325:Adad/Ishkur 1175:Baʿalshamem 1170:Baʿal Ṣapon 870:Inshushinak 346:Baʿalshamem 341:Baʿal Ṣapon 111:Middle-East 100:Other names 6572:Categories 6448:Ereshkigal 5750:: 527–534. 5474:19 October 5432:9 December 5081:Dever 2005 4945:18 January 4823:: 597–618. 4768:Patai 1990 4729:Dever 2005 4334:Wyatt 2003 4320:, p.  4304:, p.  4171:Orientalia 4082:Dever 2005 3990:Dever 2005 3925:Olyan 1988 3707:Olyan 1988 3594:, p.  3323:5 November 3083:References 2784:‎), 2721:Qatabanian 2622:discusses 2583:grapevines 2412:Phoenician 2393:See also: 2237:Chaoskampf 2220:Baʿal Epic 2208:šr. ‘ṯtrt. 2143:a-ši-ir-te 2135:* EA 61 ii 2121:* EA 60 ii 1746:Baal Cycle 1707:), and as 1701:a-še-ir-tu 1656:Qatabanian 1375:Ereshkigal 875:Ishmekarab 750:Theandrios 680:Baalshamin 670:Atarsamain 267:The Levant 6523:Ninhursag 6508:Nanna/Sin 6393:Abzu/Apsu 6203:Atargatis 6097:Israelite 6092:asherah.) 6040:: Asherah 5949:170422840 5933:0309-0892 5884:0996-5904 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