Did God Have a Wife?

February 11, 2012 in Laura Magdalene Eisenhower, Mainstream Religion, Oprah, Other Faiths by theadmin

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Bible's Buried Secrets: 'Did God Have a Wife?', review - Telegraph

Bible’s Buried Secrets: ‘Did God Have a Wife?’, review – Telegraphhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/On BBC Two, Bible scholar Francesca Stavrakopoulou argued that God had a wife – and that her existence was covered up.

 

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The findings, said Dr Francesca Stavrakopoulou, would “rock the foundation” of Christianity and Judaism.

Ancient Israelites worshipped many gods, rather than one, meaning the origins of Christianity and Judaism are polytheistic, and that monotheism is a recent development.

Ancient Israelites also believed God had a wife, or “consort”: a goddess named Asherah.

In 2005, William G Dever published a book, “Did God Have a Wife?” examining the argument that Asherah was the “consort” of Yahweh. more…

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Does God Have a Wife? - Alyson Skabelund Von Feldt

Does God Have a Wife? – Alyson Skabelund Von Feldt http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/Review of William G. Dever. Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel.

Did God have a wife? | Bible Gateway Blog

Did God have a wife? | Bible Gateway Bloghttp://www.biblegateway.com/These questions are in the news due to a flurry of stories about the alleged relationship between Yahweh and the Ancient Near Eastern fertility goddess Asherah…

 

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  1. giga said: On February 14, 2012

    Stories about the alleged relationship between Yahweh and the Ancient Near Eastern fertility goddess. Asherah was the “consort” of Yahweh. The origins of Christianity and Judaism are polytheistic.

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