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I found something about that.
God's Wife Edited Out of the Bible -- Almost
The inscription is a petition for a blessing," she shares. "Crucially, the inscription asks for a blessing from 'Yahweh and his Asherah.' Here was evidence that presented Yahweh and Asherah as a divine pair. And now a handful of similar inscriptions have since been found, all of which help to strengthen the case that the God of the Bible once had a wife."
Also significant, Stavrakopoulou believes, "is the Bible's admission that the goddess Asherah was worshiped in Yahweh's Temple in Jerusalem. In the Book of Kings, we're told that a statue of Asherah was housed in the temple and that female temple personnel wove ritual textiles for her."
J. Edward Wright, president of both The Arizona Center for Judaic Studies and The Albright Institute for Archaeological Research, told Discovery News that he agrees several Hebrew inscriptions mention "Yahweh and his Asherah."
"Asherah was not entirely edited out of the Bible by its male editors," he added. "Traces of her remain, and based on those traces, archaeological evidence and references to her in texts from nations bordering Israel and Judah, we can reconstruct her role in the religions of the Southern Levant."
God's Wife Edited Out of the Bible -- Almost
The inscription is a petition for a blessing," she shares. "Crucially, the inscription asks for a blessing from 'Yahweh and his Asherah.' Here was evidence that presented Yahweh and Asherah as a divine pair. And now a handful of similar inscriptions have since been found, all of which help to strengthen the case that the God of the Bible once had a wife."
Also significant, Stavrakopoulou believes, "is the Bible's admission that the goddess Asherah was worshiped in Yahweh's Temple in Jerusalem. In the Book of Kings, we're told that a statue of Asherah was housed in the temple and that female temple personnel wove ritual textiles for her."
J. Edward Wright, president of both The Arizona Center for Judaic Studies and The Albright Institute for Archaeological Research, told Discovery News that he agrees several Hebrew inscriptions mention "Yahweh and his Asherah."
"Asherah was not entirely edited out of the Bible by its male editors," he added. "Traces of her remain, and based on those traces, archaeological evidence and references to her in texts from nations bordering Israel and Judah, we can reconstruct her role in the religions of the Southern Levant."
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Fascinating. I've not heard of Asherah as God's wife till now.
I did some digging and found a few things.
Asherah pole
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. The relation of the literary references to an asherah and archaeological finds of Judaean pillar-figurines has engendered a literature of debate. More at link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asherah_pole
In that definition Asherah was the consort of El. El is one of the names of God. https://hebrew4christians.com/Names_of_G-d/El/el.html
Curious too in that Genesis account of our creation says God created Adam in his own image and likeness. Then he breathed into Adam's nostrils and Adam became a living soul. Then God created Eve so that the man would not be alone. He created her from Adam's rib. Interesting location. She wasn't from the foot so as to be beneath Adam. Nor from the skull plates so as to be above Adam. But rather, from the middle of Adam, his rib. And they were as one.
God felt Adam needed a help meet, a companion. When God made them in his own image wouldn't that mean Eve was likened unto God's image as well? Maybe God decided Adam needed a consort because God knew what that companionship of female power was like.
I did some digging and found a few things.
Asherah pole
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. The relation of the literary references to an asherah and archaeological finds of Judaean pillar-figurines has engendered a literature of debate. More at link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asherah_pole
In that definition Asherah was the consort of El. El is one of the names of God. https://hebrew4christians.com/Names_of_G-d/El/el.html
Curious too in that Genesis account of our creation says God created Adam in his own image and likeness. Then he breathed into Adam's nostrils and Adam became a living soul. Then God created Eve so that the man would not be alone. He created her from Adam's rib. Interesting location. She wasn't from the foot so as to be beneath Adam. Nor from the skull plates so as to be above Adam. But rather, from the middle of Adam, his rib. And they were as one.
God felt Adam needed a help meet, a companion. When God made them in his own image wouldn't that mean Eve was likened unto God's image as well? Maybe God decided Adam needed a consort because God knew what that companionship of female power was like.
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I think when it says, "Let US make.." it is referring to God and His Companion...
Also when the commandments were given, one of them was not to make any image of anything above …. and in Deuteronomy 16:21-22 I believe the problem was that they had made an image of her.
21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee. 22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the Lord thy God hateth.
Here are more verses I found interesting.
2 Chronicles 15: 16
16 And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. 17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
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1 King 15:13-14
13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. 14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the Lord all his days.
some Bible translations say FOR Asherah, why not OF Asherah or TO THE sacred pole, why not OF THE sacred pole?
Also when the commandments were given, one of them was not to make any image of anything above …. and in Deuteronomy 16:21-22 I believe the problem was that they had made an image of her.
21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee. 22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the Lord thy God hateth.
Here are more verses I found interesting.
2 Chronicles 15: 16
16 And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. 17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
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1 King 15:13-14
13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. 14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the Lord all his days.
some Bible translations say FOR Asherah, why not OF Asherah or TO THE sacred pole, why not OF THE sacred pole?
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Correction:
some Bible translations say FOR Asherah, why not OF Asherah other translations say TO THE sacred pole, why not OF THE sacred pole?
In other words, the problem was they had made images for her (an idol) and the problem was not because it was Asherah. Also why would it called Asherah sacred?
some Bible translations say FOR Asherah, why not OF Asherah other translations say TO THE sacred pole, why not OF THE sacred pole?
In other words, the problem was they had made images for her (an idol) and the problem was not because it was Asherah. Also why would it called Asherah sacred?
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Please stop talking about ashera, it is from the devil.
Judges 3:7
The sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asheroth
2 Kings 23:13
The high places which were before Jerusalem, which were on the right of the mount of destruction which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled
I am 100% certain that God would not "marry" a demon or a lie from the devil. He called it an "abomination". There is nothing interesting in it that we should be curious. We should run from things like these, and forget them! Even the pharisees of Jesus's time have left this evil thing behind, so why are Christ's followers now interested in this evil??
Judges 3:7
The sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asheroth
2 Kings 23:13
The high places which were before Jerusalem, which were on the right of the mount of destruction which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled
I am 100% certain that God would not "marry" a demon or a lie from the devil. He called it an "abomination". There is nothing interesting in it that we should be curious. We should run from things like these, and forget them! Even the pharisees of Jesus's time have left this evil thing behind, so why are Christ's followers now interested in this evil??
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