For the small research submarine Asherah submarine File Hecht Museum, Israel figurines 004 crop.JPG thumb right AsherahAsherah Ugaritic language Ugaritic rt lang he , in Semitic mythology, is a Semitic ... s or Asertu s . Asherah is generally considered identical with the Ugarit ic goddess Athirat ... high rank in the Ugaritic pantheon gods pantheon . ref Binger, Tilde Asherah goddesses in Ugarit ... associated with Asherah, because the same common epithet of the goddess par excellence, is used to describe her. ref Asherah and the cult of Yahweh in Israel by Saul M. Olyan page 79 ref The Book of Jeremiah written circa 628 BC possibly refers to Asherah when it uses the title queen of heaven lang ... in the Semitic languages Athirat Asherah Ugaritic a rt with an aleph or glottal stop consonant and Ashtart ... or 88 sons. Among the Amarna letters a king of the Amorites is named Abdi Ashirta , Servant of Asherah . ref Noted by Raphael Patai, The Goddess Asherah , Journal of Near Eastern Studies 24 .1 2 1965 ... goddess under a recognizable name. In Israel and Judah Figurines identified with Asherah ... Yahweh and Asherah have been discovered an 8th century BCE ostracon inscribed Berakhti etkhem .... This translates as I have blessed you by YHVH of Samaria and His Asherah or perhaps ... by YHVH our guardian and His Asherah , if Shomron is to be read shomrenu . Another inscription, from Khirbet el Kom near Hebron, reads Blessed be Uriyahu by Yahweh and by his Asherah from his enemies he saved ... in her study, Asherah Goddesses in Ugarit, Israel and the Old Testament 1997, p. 141 , that there is warrant for seeing an Asherah as, variously, a wooden aniconic stela or column of some kind a living ... was Asherah s symbol, and sometimes a clay statue without legs. Her cult image s idols were found ... of some roads. Asherah poles are mentioned in the books of Book of Exodus Exodus , Book of Deuteronomy ... often appears as merely , Asherah this is translated as groves in the King James Version ... more details
The Asherah is or was a two man research submarine launched in 1964. Made by General Dynamics , Groton, Connecticut Groton , Connecticut , USA, it can dive to 600 feet depth. The sub has the same name as Asherah In Israel and Judah Asherah , a goddess reviled by early Jews. http www.psubs.org psub pic JnWLesynski2.html http www.mnsu.edu emuseum archaeology underwater underwatercont3.html http www.jhu.edu jhumag 0497web bass.html http www.photolib.noaa.gov nurp nur07557.htm Category Research submarines of the United States Category 1964 ships submarine stub ... more details
Summary Pillar figurine of the goddess Asherah. Judea, 8 6th c. BCE. Eretz Israel Museum. Terracotta. Licensing PD self date February 2009 Orphan image Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot ... more details
orphan date June 2010 Infobox Norse deity Consort Elkunirsa , creator god Name Aserdus God of Goddess of fertility World In Hittites Hittite mythology, Aserdus is the wife of Elkunirsa and goddess of fertility. She is connected with the Ugaritic goddess Asherah . See also Portal Mythology Ancient Near East Hittite mythology Category Hittite deities nl Asherah ... more details
Ashra may refer to The girl s name Ashra a sh ra is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is fortunate, felicitous . Feminine form of Asher. Ashra band Ashra is a proto Trance music trance group founded by Manuel Gottsching in 1975. An acronym for All sky Survey High Resolution Air shower detector , a project of the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research The Warriors of Ashra , a set of elves in the Heroscape universe. See also Asherah a Semitic mother goddess. disambig he ... more details
A qedesha or qedsha , Hebrew spelling , is a temple or sacred prostitute , in several ancient Middle East ern religions. They are particularly associated with the Goddess Asherah . ref http www.britannica.com EBchecked topic 485699 qedesha from the Encyclop dia Britannica ref The male equivalent of a qedesha is a qadesh . References Reflist See also Hierodule Sex magic Nad tu Hieros gamos Category Courtesans of antiquity Category Sexuality and religion Category Types of prostitutes Category Ancient priestesses Religion stub nl Qadishtu ... more details
Amm was a moon god worshipped in ancient Qataban , in what is now southern Arabia . The inhabitants of the kingdom referred to themselves as the Banu Amm , or the Children of Amm . He was also revered as a weather god, as his attributes included lightning bolts. His consort is the goddess Asherah . Sources cite book title Encyclopedia of Gods first Michael last Jordon publisher Kyle Cathie Limited year 2002 Category Arabian gods Category Lunar gods Category Sky and weather gods Category Deities in the Hebrew Bible MEast myth stub ms Amm tuhan pt Amm divindade ... more details
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Kirta is a legendary Hurrian king. He is thought to have founded the dynasty of Mitanni , but no contemporary inscriptions from his time are known to exist. He may have lived around 1500 BC . The Epic of Keret from the clay tablets of Ugarit tells the story of the near extinction of the royal house of Keret. All of his children died and his wife departed. In a dream, the creator god, El god El , instructs him to appeal for help from the rain god, Baal , and then launch an expedition to find a new wife. He journeys and on the way comes to the shrine of the mother goddess Asherah . He promises to give the goddess an offering of a golden statue if he finds a wife. Kirta finds a wife and has several children, but forgets his promise to Asherah. Asherah punishes Kirta with a debilitating illness, but El once again comes to the rescue. His other children are happy to have him back on the throne, but his eldest son, Yassib , had gained popularity while Kirta was ill and attempts to overtake the throne. Kirta curses Yassib, and there the text ends. See also Portal Ancient Near East Mitanni S start S bef before founder of the Mitanni kingdom S ttl title Mitanni Mitanni king years fl. 1500 BC S aft after Shuttarna I end Mitanni kings Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kirta ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Category Hurrian kings AncientNearEast bio stub ca Kirta es Kirta eu Kirta gl Kirta ko it Kirta hu Kirta nl Kirta pl Kirta uk ... more details
as a name of Yaweh, Asherah ceased to be a distinct goddess, and qualities of El, Asherah and Baal ... Baal, child sacrifice, the asherah, worship of the sun and moon, and the cults of the high places ... more details
Asherah and Yahweh of Teman and his Asherah. ref http books.google.com.au books?id uuKfXsvfr2YC ..., 1998 p.228. ref The Asherah is most likely a cultic object, although the relationship of this object a stylised tree perhaps to Yahweh and to the goddess Asherah, consort of the god El, is unclear. ref ... more details
Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel , Eerdmans, ISBN 0 8028 2852 3, 2005 , ref http books.google.com.au books?id gutdZ4e0XEMC&dq Did God have a wife 3F&printsec frontcover&source bn&hl en&ei NAQzTPOpLIi ce HnLID&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 5&ved 0CC8Q6AEwBA v onepage&q&f false William G. Dever, Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel Eerdmans, 2005 ref is a book by Syro Palestinian archaeology Syro Palestinian archaeologist William G. Dever , Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Archeology and Anthropology at the University of Arizona. Did God Have a Wife? was intended as a popular work making available to the general public the evidence long known to Biblical archaeology archaeologist s regarding ancient Israelite religion namely that the God of Israel Israelite God of antiquity before 600 BC , Yahweh Canaanite deity Yahweh , had a consort, that her name was Asherah , and that she was part of the Canaanite pantheon . The book has nine chapters, plus afterword and a list of sources. Chapters 1 to 3 define the topic and describe the different scholarly approaches to Israelite religion, biblical and non biblical sources and texts, and the role of archaeology. Chapter 4 The Hebrew Bible Religious Reality or Theological Ideal? examines cultic terminology and activities in the Hebrew Bible . The core of the book lies in chapters 5 Archaeological Evidence for Folk Religions in Ancient Israel , 6 The Goddess Asherah and Her Cult , and 7 Asherah, Women s Cults, and Official Yahwism . These chapters describe polytheistic religion in ancient Israel, which, Dever points out, was the reality in the religious lives of most people. The last two chapters ch. 8 From Polytheism to Monotheism ch. 9 What Does the Goddess Do to Help sum up the book, concluding that biblical monotheism is an artificial phenomenon, the product of the elite, nationalist parties who wrote and edited the Hebrew Bible during the Babylonian ... more details
italic title primary sources date May 2009 refimprove date May 2009 The Hebrew Goddess ISBN 0 8143 2271 9 is a 1967 book by Jewish historian and anthropologist Raphael Patai . In this book, Patai argues that the Jewish religion historically had elements of polytheism , especially the worship of goddess es and a cult of the mother goddess . The book supports the theory through the interpretation of archaeological and textual sources as evidence for veneration of feminine beings. Hebrew goddesses identified in the book include Asherah , Anath , Astarte , Ashima , the cherub im in Solomon s Temple , the Matronit Shekhina , and the personified Shabbat Bride. The later editions of the book were expanded to include recent archaeological discoveries and the rituals of unification Yichudim which are to unite God with his Shekinah . The identification of the pillar figurines with Asherah in this book was the first time they had been so identified. ref Thomas L. Thompson, Salma Khadra Jayyusi Jerusalem in ancient history and tradition T.& T.Clark Ltd illustrated edition edition 1 April 2004 ISBN 978 0567083609 p. 139 http books.google.co.uk books?id Uxn0BdJDLC4C&pg PA139&dq pATAI THE HEBREW GODDESS ref A third, enlarged edition was published in 1990 by Wayne State University Press. Raphael Patai s first exploration of this theme was in his 1947 book Man and Temple in Ancient Jewish Myth and Ritual New York Nelson and he cites textual evidence which was not repeated in his later works. cite April 2009 Notes Reflist DEFAULTSORT Hebrew Goddess, The Category 1967 books Category 1990 books Category Books about Judaism Category Ancient Israel and Judah Category Judaism and women Category Matriarchy reli book stub nl De Hebreeuwse godin pt The Hebrew Goddess tr brani tanr alar ... more details
unreferenced date December 2011 Fertile Crescent myth Levantine Ba alat Gebal , Lady of Byblos , was the goddess of the city of Byblos, sometimes known to the Greeks as Baaltis . She was generally identified with the pan Semitic goddess Astarte Ashtart and so equated with the Greek goddess Aphrodite . However Sanchuniathon equates her with the Greek goddess Dione mythology Dione and presents her as a sister of Ashtart Aphrodite and Rhea mythology Rhea who is probably Asherah , all three being wives of El god El . He says she bore daughters to El and that it was El who gave the city of Byblos to Baaltis who is also called Dione. Ba alat Gebal was distinguished in iconography from Ashtart or other aspects of Ashtart or similar goddesses by two, tall, upright feathers in her headdress. The temple of Ba al Gebal in Byblos was built around 27th century BC 2700 BC . Dedications from Egyptians begin appearing from the 2nd to 6th dynasties. Two of them equate Ba alat Gebal with the Egyptian goddess Hathor . Portal Mythology Ancient Near East External links http depts.washington.edu uwch silkroad exhibit rome k68545.html Roman statue of Ba al Gebal http www.hethert.org byblos.htm Temple of Ba al Gebal DEFAULTSORT Baalat Gebal Category Phoenician mythology Category West Semitic goddesses fr Ba lat nl Ba lat ... more details
for inspiration. Beit Asherah the house of the Goddess Asherah , was one of the first Neopagan synagogues ... . Magenta Griffiths is High Priestess of the Beit Asherah coven, and a former board member of the Covenant ... more details
Grove Academy Other In the King James Bible , the name of the Canaanite goddess Asherah and the associated cult object Asherah pole are uniformly mistranslated as grove . The Grove Family , an early ... more details
of three goddesses Qetesh Athirat Asherah , Astarte , and Anat . It was a common practice ... sacred by some Canaanite Neopagans. Religious scholar Saul M. Olyan author of Asherah and the Cult ... more details
infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Sarah Women of Genesis title orig translator image File OSCsarah.jpg image caption author Orson Scott Card cover artist country United States language English language English series The Women of Genesis series The Women of Genesis genre Historical publisher Bookcraft release date September, 2000 in literature 2000 media type Print Hardcover & Paperback pages 400 pp isbn 978 1570089947 preceded by followed by Rebekah Women of Genesis series Rebekah Sarah Women of Genesis 2000 is the first novel in The Women of Genesis series by Orson Scott Card . Plot introduction Sarah follows the story of Abraham through the eyes and perspective of Sarah . The Biblical account of the life of Sarah is contained in Book of Genesis Genesis 12 22 about 16 pages most of which is centered around Abraham. Card expands the story into a novel of over 300 pages, so many of the details and characters are fictional. The core story line does not deviate from the story told in Genesis, although some of the details are reinterpreted. Sarah begins life as a princess of Ur in Mesopotamia . She is hard working and humble especially compared to her older sister Qira. Sarai is promised to become a priestess for the goddess Asherah , while Qira is to marry a desert prince named Lot Bible Lot . Sarai s thoughts on a life as a priestess change when Lot arrives with his uncle Abram who promises Sarai that he ll come back and marry her. See also portal Novels List of works by Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card External links http www.hatrack.com osc books sarah.shtml About the novel Sarah from Card s website OrsonScottCard Category 2000 novels Category Novels by Orson Scott Card Category Historical novels hist novel stub ... more details
Jehu IPAc en icon uk d i h ju or IPAc en us d i h u ref cite book title Longman pronunciation dictionary first John C. last Wells publisher Longman location Harlow, England year 1990 isbn 0582053838 page 383 entry Jehu ref son of Hanani was a prophet in the Hebrew Bible , who was active in the 9th century BC. According to the Bible, Jehu condemned the house of Baasha Bible Baasha , king of Kingdom of Israel Samaria Israel , accusing him of leading the people into sin like his predecessor Jeroboam . Jehu s words were fulfilled in the reign of King Elah Elah , Baasha s son, when the traitor Zimri king Zimri assassinated Elah and murdered all of Baasha s family and associates. bibleverse 1 Kings 16 1,7,12 HE Jehu also challenged Jehoshaphat , king of Judah. Jehoshaphat s alliance with Ahab ended in the latter s death at the Battle of Ramoth Gilead . Jehoshaphat returned safely, but Jehu rebuked him for helping the wicked. He went on to say that nevertheless the God Lord found good in the king, as he had removed the Asherah pole s from the land and set his heart to seek God. bibleverse 2 Chron 19 2 3 HE Notes reflist Prophets of the Tanakh DEFAULTSORT Jehu Category 10th century BC people Category 9th century BC people tanakh stub Judaism stub de Jehu Prophet he ... more details
Judaism The House of YHWH or House of Yahweh , House of the LORD , Hebrew is a phrase found in the Hebrew Bible and on at least one inscription, usually referring to a temple. Most modern religious scholars focus primarily upon Solomon s Temple . However, there have been two structures identified as a House of Yahweh . One is located in Elephantine Egypt. The other structure suggested as a House of Yahweh is at Tel Arad . In 1962 Yohanan Aharoni excavated at Tel Arad the only Judean temple recovered by archaeologists to date. The incense altars and two standing stones may have been dedicated to Yahweh and Asherah . ref Mazar, Amihai. The Divided Monarchy Comments on Some Archaeological Issues. Pages 159 80 in The Quest for the Historical Israel Debating Archaeology and the History of Early Israel Archaeology and Biblical Studies Society of Biblical Literature Sep 2007 ISBN 978 1589832770 p.176 ref An inscription was found on the site by Ahroni mentioning a House of Yahweh , which William G. Dever suggests may have referred to the temple at Arad or the temple at Jerusalem. ref cite book first Yohanan last Aharoni authorlink Yohanan Aharoni year 1981 title Arad Inscriptions publisher Israel Exploration Society location University of Virginia url http books.google.com books?id rnEOAAAAYAAJ&q Yohanan Aharoni&dq Yohanan Aharoni&pgis 1&hl en accessdate 2008 09 15 ref ref Dever, William G. What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It? What Archaeology Can Tell Us About the Reality of Ancient Israel Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company June 2002 ISBN 978 0802821263 p.212 ref However, the temple was probably demolished around 700 CE, which is before the date of the inscription. ref King, Philip J. Lawrence E. Stager Life in Biblical Israel Westminster John Knox Press,U.S. 1 edition 19 April 2002 ISBN 978 0664221485 p.314 ref References reflist The Torah mainly Deuteronomy chapter 12 http tcprayer.bravehost.com zion.htm Search for Mount Zion by the Tabe ... more details
God s Wife Egyptian language Egyptian Hmt nTr is a term which was often allocated to royal women during the 18th Dynasty of Egypt . The term indicates an inherited sacral role, in which the role of God s Wife passed from mother to daughter. The role could also exist among siblings, as in the case of the role of God s Wife being shared or passed by daughters of Ahmose Nefertari , Satamun I and her sister, Ahmose Meritamun Ahmose Merytamun . ref Troy, L. 1986. Patterns of Queenship in ancient Egyptian myth and history 98. BOREAS 14. Uppsala ACTA Universitatis Upsaliensis ref Despite certain allegations found online, the role of God s Wife is not the same as the title God s Wife of Amun , which is a separate sacral title, involved in the Divine Cycle myth of the god Amun. ref Gitton, M. 1984. Les divine spouses de la 18e dynastie . Centre de Recherches d Histoire Ancienne 61 Annales Litt raires de l Universit de Besan on 306. Paris Les Belles Lettres. ref ref Robins, G. 1983. The God s Wife of Amun in the 18th Dynasty in Egypt. In A. Cameron and A. Kuhrt, Eds., Images of Women in Antiquity 65 78. Cranberra Croon Helm. ref Only two 18th Dynasty queens held this title, being Ahhotep and Ahmose Nefertari . ref Troy, L. 1986. Patterns of Queenship in ancient Egyptian myth and history Appendix A, 18.2 and 18.3. BOREAS 14. Uppsala ACTA Universitatis Upsaliensis ref See also Asherah Mother Nature References Reflist Category Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt AncientEgypt stub nl Godsvrouw ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Anat , Virgin goddess of War and Strife, mate and sister of Ba al Hadad Asherah walker of the sea, Mother Goddess, wife of El also known as Elat Astarte , possibly androgynous divinity associated with Venus Baalat or Baalit, the wife or female counterpart of Baal also Tammuz deity Belili Ba al Hadad , storm God, superseded El as head of the Pantheon Baal Hammon, god of fertility and renewer of all energies in the Phoenician colonies of the Western Mediterranean Dagon , god of crop fertility, father of Hadad usually . El Elyon i.e. God most high and El Canaanite god El Eshmun or Baalat Asclepius, god of healing or goddess Kotharat Kathirat , goddesses of marriage and pregnancy Kothar wa Khasis Kothar , Hasis, the skilled, god of craftsmanship Lotan , serpent ally of evil,Yam Image Gebel el Arak Knife back side.jpg thumb left 200px El depicted with two lions representing the planet Venus on the back of the handle of the Gebel el Arak Knife Melqart , king of the city, the underworld and cycle of vegetation in Tyre, Lebanon Tyre Molech , God of Fire Mot god , God of Death Qadeshtu , Holy One, Goddess of Love Resheph God of Plague and healing Shalim and Shahar god Shachar Shamayim , the God of the Heavens. Shemesh in Ugarit the goddess Shapshu , Sun god ref Johnston, Sarah Isles, Religions of the Ancient World A Guide. Cambridge Harvard University Press. ISBN 0 674 01517 7. P. 418 ref or goddess, its gender is disputed ref Some authorities consider Shemesh to be a goddess, see Wyatt, Nick, There s Such Divinity Doth Hedge a King , Ashgate 19 Jul 2005 , ISBN 978 0754653301 p. 104 http books.google.co.uk books?id BP WezDMkDQC&pg PA104&dq shemesh sun shapshu&ei xFvKSIK9BpS4yQTQu WuBg&sig ACfU3U3mQ vop0MD4 0RccIl2pbmbqfB6A ref Yam god Yam nahar or yaw god Yam , also called Judge Nahar Yarikh God of the moon, lover of Nikkal References reflist Zedek , should be God of Justice according to the pre redirect article, but more sourced information is needed ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Strickly for Da Breakdancers & Emceez Type compilation Artist KRS One Cover KRS One Strickly for Da Emceez cover.jpg Released August 21, 2001 Recorded Genre Hip hop Length Label Cleopatra Records Producer KRS One Reviews Last album This album Next album Strickly For Da Breakdancers & Emceez is an instrumental album produced by Rapping rapper KRS One . It was first recorded and released in 1995 as two separate vinyl records, Strictly For Da Breakdancers and Strictly For Da Emcees The Goddess Set , released via Front Page Entertainment. For the first time on CD, KRS One releases the two instrumental EP s on a 2xCD set through Cleopatra Records . All the music included is produced and arranged by KRS One and engineered by Commissioner Gordon. Track listing CD 1 Strictly For Da Breakdancers Steady Bounce Wanna Battle Warm Up Yes, Yes, Y all Venus Nute Tiamot Asherah Isis A Moment of Silence CD 2 Strictly For Da Emcees Hera More Chicken Shit Aphrodite Eve Shiva I Love Simone Walking Away KRS Loves Simone Stick Up Some Live Shit from the East Coast Some Live Shit from the West Coast br KRS One Category KRS One albums Category 2008 compilation albums Category Double compilation albums Category Hip hop compilation albums pl Strickly for Da Breakdancers & Emceez ... more details
, Astarte may be the Iron Age after 1200 BC incarnation of the Bronze Age to 1200 BC Asherah . ref ... s greatest faith centers, supplied the name Cypris as Aphrodite s most common byname. Asherah was worshipped ... Asherah , Anath and Astarte first appear as distinct and separate deities in the tablets ... BC texts that singles out Asherah as Queen of Heaven or associates her particularly with the heavens ... more details
Middle Eastern deities Shapash or Shapsh u Ugaritic Canaanite was the Canaan ite Solar deity goddess of the sun ref http home.comcast.net chris.s canaanite faq.html Shapshu Canaanite Ugaritic Mythology FAQ, ver. 1.2 ref , daughter of El god El and Asherah . She is known as torch of the gods ref Keil alphabetische Texte aus Ugarit 1.2.xv and xxii. ref and is considered an important deity in the Canaanite religion Canaanite pantheon ref http www.thaliatook.com OGOD shapash.html Entry at The Obscure Goddess Online Dictionary for example, Baal, Anat, Mot, and Shemesh Shapshu, as well as lesser known deities are seen as upper level management in Lowell K. Handy s Among the Host of Heaven The Syro Palestinian Pantheon As Bureaucracy Eisenbrauns , 1994 ISBN 978 0931464843 . That is, ranking below the owners, El and Asherah, they run day to day affairs and are, in practical terms, sovereigns the http www.asor.org pubs basor 297.html Handy Steve A. Wiggins, book review in American Schools of Oriental Research ASOR Bulletin , No. 297, February 1995 p. 94. ref and among the Phoenicians . The Akkad ian sun god, Shamash , was the Mesopotamia n male equivalent of the female Canaanite Shapash. She may also be related to a preeminent deity at Ebla named Shipish , and to Shams or Chems, a pre Muslim Arabic sun deity worshipped at sunrise, noon, and sunset. Baal Myth Main Baal cycle In the Yam 28god 29 In the Epic of Ba.27al Epic of Baal , Shapash plays an important part in the plot, as she interacts with all of the main characters, and in the end she is favourable to Baal s position as king. ref Smith, Mark S. http books.google.com books?id S1tQ5Larst0C&dq Shapshu&source gbs summary s&cad 0 The Origins of Biblical Monotheism Israel s Polytheistic Background and Ugaritic Texts , Oxford University Press 2001 , p. 127 ISBN 019513480X ref She announces that El supports Yam god Yam . ref KTU . 1.2.III ref By delivering her verdict in the final struggle of Baal with Mot, she reveals her r ... more details
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