Asherah : goddesses in Ugarit, Israel and the Old Testament

Asherah : goddesses in Ugarit, Israel and the Old Testament / Tilde Binger.

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...

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Main Author: Binger, Tilde
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1997.
Series:Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 232.
Copenhagen international seminar ; 2.
Subjects:
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Old Testament
Asherah (Semitic deity)
Ugaritic literature > Relation to the Old Testament.
Ugaritic language > Texts.
Hebrew literature > History and criticism.
Hebrew language > Texts.
Mythology, Semitic.
Asherah (Semitic deity) > Biblical teaching.
Goddesses, Ugaritic.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Religion
Goddesses, Ugaritic
Asherah (Semitic deity) > Biblical teaching
Hebrew language
Hebrew literature
Mythology, Semitic
Ugaritic language
Ugaritic literature > Relation to the Old Testament
Asjera.
Oude Testament.
Ugarit (Extinct city) > Religion.
Syria > Ugarit (Extinct city)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Texts
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Summary: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 in.
Item Description:Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--1991.
Physical Description:1 online resource (190 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780567119766
0567119769
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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