Asherah

Goddesses in Ugarit, Israel and the Old Testament

Tilde Binger (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

1997
Sheffield Academic Press (Verlag)
9781850756378 (ISBN)

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A comprehensive discussion of texts concerning the goddess Asherah, as she is portrayed in texts from Ugarit (both epic and ritual texts, as well as the lists of sacrifices), Israel (the Khirbet el-Qom and Kuntillet Ajrud inscriptions) and the Old Testament. The main theses of the book are that two or more divinities carrying the same name but separated by several hundred years are not necessarily to be identified; that Asherah is probably not a name, but rather a title, carried by the main goddess in ancient Syria-Palestine; that the Asherah of the Old Testament and the Israelite texts was indeed the consort of Yahweh; and that the relationship between the text-groups discussed is of a nature that demands great caution, if one wishes to work comparatively with them.

Tilde Binger lectures at the University of Copenhagen.

Reihe/Serie	The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	449 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
ISBN-13	9781850756378 / 9781850756378
Zustand	Neuware