The evidence that the God of Israel had a wife is substantial and multifaceted
I feel like a lot of the evidence that this article is trying to use is almost taken out of context. I found myself asking more questions than finding answers.
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Thus, references to Asherah remain, now framed as negative examples of Israel's repeated "unfaithfulness" to God.
Did find that to be true in references to the worshiping of the golden calf in Exodus.
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The most famous discovery comes from Kuntillet Ajrud, a site in the Sinai Peninsula dating to around 800 BCE.
Found some differing information regarding time and location, but nothing so crazy that it feels all wrong yet. And some is the same. (epic arcaeology)
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Proverbs 8 personifies Wisdom (Hokmah in Hebrew) as a female figure who was with God from the beginning of creation.
I read Proverbs 8 and even without having the word "her" at the beginning to tell us that this is a woman's voice, it sounds like a mother talking to her children.
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Since many scholars believe that Yahweh and El were originally distinct deities who became merged in Israelite tradition, it makes perfect sense that Asherah, El's consort, would have been adopted as Yahweh's consort as well. The transfer of divine attributes and relationships from El to Yahweh would naturally have included El's wife.
Looked up and thought it was interesting what I found. Many ancient gods were known to have many wives or consorts, but the Israelite God only thought of or known to have one. Even though it was common to see in the Bible men having many wives, it does not say that God did. Does this 1. reinforce the idea of monotheism or 2. that marriage is stated clearly by God for two people?
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The prophet Jeremiah (7:18 and 44:15-25) describes how entire families participated in making offerings to the "Queen of Heaven"—men gathered wood, women kneaded dough, and children helped prepare cakes for this female deity
Sounds like what ancient Greeks did to worship their gods. That is where this idea was first brought up in a class for me, talking about ancient Greece.
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from the 8th and 7th centuries BCE.
Much more narrowed down timeline than I first found.
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he evidence overwhelmingly suggests that for much of ancient Israelite history, ordinary Israelites believed their God had a divine wife, and this belief was likely reflected in both popular and official religious practices.
Fact checked and found that it is believed but sources differ between Israelites and Canaanites. (Jewish Women's Archive and Catholic Answers)
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Most scholars now agree that Yahweh, the God of ancient Israel, was originally worshipped alongside a female consort named Asherah.
Did look up, found that it is true according to Jewish Women's Archive.
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