Only one God? : monotheism in ancient Israel and the veneration of the goddess Asherah
The view of ancient Israelite religion as monotheistic has long been traditional in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, religions that have elaborated in their own way the biblical image of a single male deity. But recent archaeological findings of texts and images from the Iron Age kingdoms of Israel and Judah and their neighbourhood offer a quite different impression. Two issues in particular raised by these are the existence of a female consort, Asherah, and the implication for monotheism; and the proliferation of pictorial representations that may contradict the biblical ban on images. Was the religion of ancient Israel really as the Bible would have us believe? This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to these issues, presenting the relevant inscriptions and discussing their possible impact for Israelite monotheism, the role of women in the cult, and biblical theology
eBook, English, ©2001
New York : Sheffield Academic Press, London, ©2001
Biblical seminar, 77
History
1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations
9780567232120, 9781283195317, 0567232123, 1283195313
741691675
Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; I have Blessed you by YHWH of Samaria and his Asherah: Texts with Religious Elements from the Soil Archive of Ancient Israel; Archaeological Traces of Cult in Ancient Israel; El, the God of Israel-Israel, the People of YHWH: On the Origins of Ancient Israelite Yahwism; Asherah outside Israel; The Gods, in Whom They Trusted ... Assyrian Evidence for Iconic Polytheism in Ancient Israel?; Women and Religion in the Old Testament; Only One God: On Possible Implications for Biblical Theology; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B. Cd; e; f; g; h; i; j; k; l; m; n; o; p; r; s; t; u; v; w; x; y; z
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011
"The English translation of a set of essays published originally in Dutch"--Preface
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