Asherah: Israel's Goddess
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- The Bible holds particular animus for two foreign gods in the Bible - Ba'al and Asherah. Today we're going to look at Asherah in the Bible and in the archaeological record. We'll look at the evidence from Ugarit but also at sites in ancient Israel to see what the evidence can tell us about who this figure was and how she was understood by both the religious elites and common day people of ancient Israel.
#Bible #Archaeology #biblicalarchaeology #Asherah #YahwehandhisAsherah #kuntilletajrud #judeanpillarfigurine #ugarit #athirat #qudshu #pubictriangle #sacredtree
If you are interested in learning more about this topic we suggest you start here:
Raz Kletter, The Judean Pillar Figurines and the Archaeology of Judah. B.A.R. International Series 636. Oxford: Tempvs Reparatvm, 1996.
John Day, Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 265. New York: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002.
Tilde Binger, Asherah: Goddesses in Ugarit, Israel and the Old Testament. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 232. New York: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.
Garth Gilmour, “AN IRON AGE II PICTORIAL INSCRIPTION FROM
JERUSALEM ILLUSTRATING YAHWEH AND ASHERAH,” Palestine Exploration Quarterly, 141, 2 (2009), 87-103.
John Day, “Asherah in the Hebrew Bible and Northwest Semitic Literature,” JBL Vol. 105, No. 3 (Sep., 1986), pp. 385-408.
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00:00 Yahweh and His Asherah
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Note that Hera is in the name asHERAh. These gods changed their names as they changed civilizations, but often left clues in the spelling of their names.
i find that concept sooo fascinating
I don't really buy this etymology. It is true, that East Semitic _/š/_ often corresponds to West Semitic /h/, but in the case of _Ašerā_ the s-sound does not separate from the h-sound. It might be, that Ašerā becomes Aserā or _Aherā_ , but certainly not by dropping the as-.
As a mnemonic that does work, though, if it is factual.
I'd say that Astarte, Ishtar, Ishara Ashera are all etymologically connected...
I'm guessing these are feminized Versions derived from the root that the male names Esau, Ishmael, Elisha, Isa, Yeshua, Isaac
come from.
Isaiah
The Essenes
She-ra was a cartoon in the 1980's, she was the counterpart of He-man. It was slipped into pop culture also.
The Asherah Pole is the caduceus. The earliest forms of the caduceus are a single papyrus stem entwined with a serpent and a tree or a branch with leaves entwined by a serpent or winged serpent/dragon. The Asherah pole was also represented by a stone pillar, again entwined; and of course the brazen serpent of Moses. The caduceus is, in turn, a basic form of the Tree of Life. The serpent imagery has nothing to do with a serpent of evil (as misguided Satanists would have us believe) but rather symbolizes the universal life force or Kundalini, which is indigenous to the old Goddess Religions.
Just my own Pagan beliefs, as I venerate both Goddess and God. Thank you all so much for the excellent video :)
@Yaz This is where most people come unstuck :) With all due respect, Kundalini is the energy which everybody shares. You would not be able to walk or animate your body without it - the Life Force of the Universe - so all I am saying is that it doesn't matter at all what one's opinion about Kundalini is, one has it, whether one accepts reality or not. So the art and science of cultivating Kundalini energy is not by any means a limiting factor on what Religion one chooses to be in ay any given stage in one's evolution. The evidence is quite clear though that Kundalini is indigenous to the Old Goddess religions. Furthermore the symbolism which is shared across cultural divides and continents leaves no doubt that we are in fact looking at a once universal way of living.
The Goddess and the serpent - hmmm.....how many goddesses are associated with trees, serpents and fruits and phoenixes?
Actually though the head of Medusa or the gorgoneion hierogram contains within it the most prominent of Ophidian symbols aside from the Ouroboros. In depictions of Medusas' head, we clearly see the caduceus and winged serpent or pagan dragon of the ancients. This naturally leads to the more detailed tree of life glyph and all of the interesting associations on it and around it which may lead the seeker to a greater sense of awareness of their place in the universe.
Blessed be
@Yaz The Goddess isn't restricted to any particular thing :)
@Yaz I can never get male chauvanist religionists myself.
@Heavy Metal Pulp Why past tense?
@Heavy Metal Pulp Actually, the dragon or winged serpent has nix to do with horror and such in pagan thealogy. In ancient symbolism, when (let's use the Native American analogy) an eagle joins with a rattler, one can understand this as being symbolic of the joining together of the Yin or feminine principle and the Yang or male principle of the universe. The Asherah pole or caduceus of the healing arts embodies this symbolism.
While it may be true that the Faeries have been changed from Titan to Tinkerbell, there are so many varied nature spirits and Old Gods that applying sweeping analogies isn't really real. I guess the idea that every living human on earth possesses the dragon or Kundalini and that nature spirits aren't weak and powerless in the greater scheme of things makes some people who exist within a self-limiting paradigm feel really uneasy.
your research and exposure is always very excellent.
Seems like the perfect channel for the information that I have been looking for
Another cool video!
Wonderful presentation! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Well done!!!
Very well made video. You stated the facts, then provided evidence to support and explain the facts, and finally, you provided your brief opinion. Well done!
Awesome information!
Thank you for this scholarly lesson in Canaanite Religion
"Trust those who seek, doubt those who find."
- Andre Gide
"We are closer to God when we have questions than when we think we have the answers."
- Abraham Heschel
Something a lot of people miss is that, much like other depictions of Asherah riding on a lion, the Kuntillet Ajrud Asherah is also riding on a lion.
This is really well researched. I loved the illustrations. Presumably El and Yahvé are being conflated.
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Very interesting info, thanks for sharing. I came to this video after reading about 'Asherah' in week 48 Torah portion called Shoftim (Judges) - Deut 16 :18 to 21 :9
The Word says in : Deut 16 : 21, (ISR Bible) “Do not plant for yourself any tree as an Ashĕrah near the slaughter place (altar) of יהוה Yahuah your Elohim(God) that you make for yourself.
Could Asherah be a counterfeit of Yah's Holy Spirit worshiped ?
Asherah = wife and consort of the Most-High God, El-Elyon.
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Easy, she was more important than he was. You don't build monuments and profess mass marketed hatred for people or things not popular with the people. Nero, Trump, Asherah all more popular with the people than with the elitists. So to prevent that one must vilify on mass scale
I see a similarity with 1 Timothy and with what became known as Orthodox Christianity: men wanting power and to be in charge. Of course their theology would reflect this.
Yeah, but where did the idea for these gods and goddesses cone from. Every myth, has a bit of truth to it. But only because they have to be made believable. Because in a lot of cases. Truth ends up being stranger than fiction.
You should read the baal cycle, it is speculated to be related to the change of seasons in the levant.
I was thinking the same.
Check out Philo's interpretation of Sanchuniathon in setting forth the theology of the Phoenicians where he describes the beginning of how men created gods.
Because every city state had a king. The kings and queens of these kingdoms were worshiped as patron deities even after their deaths. Human society loves to put people on pedestals. If you looked at Mount Rushmore and didn't know that these were former presidents you'd think that they were four gods.
Look up Paul Wallis, he and Matt Lacroix, Eric Von Daniken, talk a out the gods, goddesses and where they came from
To my understanding, Ishtar is another version and name of this so-called goddess of fertility and is where the word Easter comes from and worship of her included a springtime orgy where the following year at least some of the babies conceived would be sacrificed and they would paint fertility eggs red with the blood. The Easter Bunny is symbolic of how fast rabbits reproduce, and on a side note also why "playboy bunnies" exist but I digress.
Easter is only used one time in the entire KJV Bible and comes from a Greek word that means Passover not Ishtar worship and probably was translated that way because of the culture of the time of the KJV translations were already steeped in the tradition of calling Passover Easter.
Anyway, Thanks for the video!
Ishtar has absolutely nothing to do with Easter. Not a single thing
He most likely did not want to offend all who still celebrate the pagan holiday of easter so he didn't mention it. Christianity has become very pagan and increasingly so over the past 100 years.
She is the divine feminine & has many names including the Holy Spirit,El Shadai or her most rescent incarnate name Shadacia
NEVER is evil asherah the Holy Spirit. Repent for this blasphemy nor is evil ash.. El Shadai. You need deliverance now!!!!!!
Is aSherah the same person as Sheera who built the upper and lower cities ?
She-Ra
both He-Ra and She-Man
Baal was not married to Anat. She is a Maiden with youth and vigor. Baal is her brother that she loves like a Cow for her calf. Otherwise epic video :)
You ended this video terribly. What a biggot. You speak so eloquently about my God Asherah, then you shit on her by saying that YHW is the only god but we get to him through CHRIST? BASED. Its like you almost hit the target, then failed.
In your opinion its ok to worship another god, Jesus, but it wouldn’t be acceptable to worhship YHWs Asherah like my ancient ancestors did?????!!!!!!!!
You haven’t read about Solomon or David? The men who brought Asherah in full force into the temples and YHW blessed them? You just skip over the parts that make you look like your so special. Give me a break. Biggot!
Anat and Asherah are separate goddesses, to me. Asherah had 70+ children, and Anat was a war goddess. Not the same entity at all.
You completed skipped the "yahweh of samaria" statement. Why would they specify from where yahweh came from?
In the ancient world most gods would have a local manifestation, usually because a local temple was dedicated to the god. By saying "Yahweh of Samaria" the author is calling a blessing from the temple of Yahweh in Samaria, specifically, and mayhaps would bring an offering to that temple next time he was there in order to make good on his blessing.
If the Roman empire hadn't butted in where they didn't belong, we would all know the truth of our ancient ancestors
Most High had nothing to do with your claimed idol which is because we have evidence of the Israelites at Lachish when they have an Egypio-Nubian admixture clear ancient evidence of the Exodus effects in the bronze age.
So you have some explaining to do trying to conclude that a Iron Age culture would have had Origins with the same idol that was found 1st in the Neolithic with GHASSULAINS worshipping idols before any Israelites errored to worship it as that's why Jerusalem fell as said
1 Kings 11:33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
So pay attention
"Later, such “sacred trees” were common in the Levant and the Near East. In the Bible and Ugaritic texts, “Ashera”, often symbolized by a tree, was the goddess representing fertility, endowing life and prosperity to her followers. Sometimes, she is also referred as the wife of “El” and her cult was mentioned several times in the Old Testament. The Bible also disapprovingly references asherim, cult objects relating to Cannanite worship.
In the Mishna, redacted in the early 3rd century C.E, she is represented as a living tree, tree stump, or a wooden sculpture.
The Ashera in Eilat was dated by radiocarbon analysis to 4540 B.C.E. It is the oldest “Ashera” found anywhere."
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You can claim later add-on all you want but THE MOST HIGH YAH JUDGES indeed as scholarly it is clear that didn't start with with the Israelite culture 🤦🏾♂️ stop 🛑 it
Deuteronomy 4:2 You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish ought from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
Deuteronomy 16:21 You shall not plant you a grove of any trees near to the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make you.
Deuteronomy 16:22 Neither shall you set you up any image; which the LORD your God hates.
Strong's h842
- Lexical: אֲשֵׁרָה
- Transliteration: Asherah
- Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine
- Phonetic Spelling: ash-ay-raw'
- Definition: a Phoenician goddess, also an image of the same.
- Origin: Or masheyrah {ash-ay-raw'}; from 'ashar; happy; Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same.
- Usage: grove. Compare Ashtoreth.
- Translated as (count): the wooden image (6), the wooden images (5), wooden images (5), of Asherah (4), a wooden image (3), and their wooden images (3), and the wooden images (2), and wooden images (2), and the wooden image (1), as a wooden image (1), for Asherah (1), for the wooden image (1), nor the wooden images (1), of the image (1), the Asherahs (1), their images (1), their wooden images (1), your wooden images (1).
Man go study the Isaiah scroll as Isaiah matches with it and it is verified before Josiah
Isaiah 17:8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, EITHER THE GROVES, or the images.
Strong's h842
- Lexical: אֲשֵׁרָה
- Transliteration: Asherah
- Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine
- Phonetic Spelling: ash-ay-raw'
- Definition: a Phoenician goddess, also an image of the same.
- Origin: Or masheyrah {ash-ay-raw'}; from 'ashar; happy; Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same.
- Usage: grove. Compare Ashtoreth.
- Translated as (count): the wooden image (6), the wooden images (5), wooden images (5), of Asherah (4), a wooden image (3), and their wooden images (3), and the wooden images (2), and wooden images (2), and the wooden image (1), as a wooden image (1), for Asherah (1), for the wooden image (1), nor the wooden images (1), of the image (1), the Asherahs (1), their images (1), their wooden images (1), your wooden images (1).
Go study how the DSS agreeeeeeees that The Most High has nothing to do with your modern lie as the Copy reads
"8 They will not look upon the altars, their works; they will not
concentrate on what their fingers have made, (whether) the
Asherim or the sun-images.
8 And he shall not regard the altars, The work of his hands,
Neither shall he look to that which his fingers have made,
Either the Asherim, or the sun-images."
And there is no doubt that Hezekiah (evidence Hezekiah tunnel and so much more of Him as recorded in the book of Isaiah agreeing with the agreeing with the Taylor Prism) was dealing with Sennacherib so
Be careful
Have you read the theory yet that "Asherah poles, trees, etc." were marijuana bushes? And they were growing pot right there in Solomon's temple? After all, wormweed was attributed to Artemis, and it was later made into absinthe. It's not hard to imagine a grove of marijuana trees causing a desert god a little bit of jealousy.
I don't think Asherah is Yahweh's consort. I believe she's his mother, instead, and "Asherah" is being interchanged for "mother goddess." At some point in mythology, I think Baal and Yahweh got into conflict, and Asherah took Baal's side, alienating Yahweh, who then refused her. But, that's just my theory.
Y'all need help Now!!! Read your Bible
@@rameshbaboolal8101 Asherah is in the Bible. Several places, in fact. Why do you think the Ten Commandments say: you will have no other gods before me ? The Bible doesn't say there aren't any other gods. Based on what Christian Nationals say, they definitely have a different god from the Biblical one.
Most religious individuals in modern society currently assume that their religion is correct, that all other religions on the Earth are wrong. Additionally, such individuals normally assume that all historical religions, that seem to have died out at some point during human history (based on archeological evidence of the past religion existing, yet not existing today), were simply bogus religions, and have always been totally bogus religions. However, if ancient religions and deity figures (such as the ones believed in by the ancient Greeks, or the Egyptians, or the Norse/Norwegian/Scandinavian people, or the ancient Mesopotamians, etc.) were totally bogus, then why are there Pyramids in Egypt, and why are there other archeological artifacts such as cuneiform tablets describing the various deities of historical religions? What causes an ancient religion to die out over time, and for new religion(s) to appear, based around seemingly new deity figure(s)?
One potential explanation is that "the Gods and Goddesses" of the Earth are part of some kind of race of intelligent beings, that reside in some alternate place, ex: "heaven" (or the 4th dimension, or something). If such a place exists, and the race of beings do not have a totally stable society, then over time it is conceptually possible that there can be power struggles in "heaven", including war and overthrow of leaders/kings/rulers/governments in their society. This concept does seem to be supported by the Christian Holy Bible, which claims in Revelation 12:7 that there was "war in heaven". The concept that war can exist in heaven at all, means that there is a society of beings in heaven, and they do not always agree with each other, such that there are occasional power struggles and war in their society.
If one assumes that there is a 4th dimensional race of beings, and that their society is not fully stable, such that there are occasional power struggles and subsequently resulting overthrows of political power in their society, this could help to explain why there appears to be so many Earth religions that have died out in history (where both the religions and their associated God/Goddess deity figure(s) have also seemingly died out along with the religions). In theory, anytime that there is a successful overthrow of power in this 4th dimensional society, whoever the new winner(s) are, they tend to set up one or more new religions on the Earth, based around them, rather than the former God and/or Goddess figures that ended up losing (and presumably either ending up dead, or imprisoned, or disempowered and made to live in exile [possibly on the Earth, as implied what happened to Satan and his supporters in Revelation 12:9], or something else).
Asherah is an interesting case, as it seems that she may have been a well esteemed Goddess at some point, but somewhere along the way, she seems to have fallen out of favor and become hated, presumably by whatever new God figure that apparently gained power.
None of the existing Earth religions seem to be very clear about explaining the full nature of "heaven society" and how it works. All of them are vague at best, although both Christianity and some other past religions (like the religion of the ancient Greeks) do at least partially describe various power struggles between the various God and/or Goddess figures.
im sat here thinking "is Asherah is holy spirit?" 🤔⚕♻️
@Lori A not according to God the Father.
@PaigeBlackwell uh NO
The fact that Asherah is in the Bible acknowledge she is real 🤣😂😂🤣😂😂🤣🤣 idk about everybody else 🤷🏾
Asherah (She who walks on the sea) is the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) - the pre-incarnate Christ whom Eve was modeled after. She came from the Father just as Eve came from Adam. The Divine Feminine is the 'second' person of the Trinity not third which the Holy Spirit is. Spirit means 'life' which is symbolized by androgyne or child, Wisdom is his/her mother.
Ruach Elohim is the holy spirit. Asherah was the wife/consort of El-Elyon, and YHWH after he took on the characteristics of El and absorbed into a single deity after Israel converted from polytheism to monotheism.
Umm, this is actually Ashtoroth, Venus, the Light Bringer, Lucifer.
Which scripture mentions about this Asherah as God’s wife? Please tell 🥺
NONE!!!!!
@@rameshbaboolal8101 because they have removed the mentions of Asherah from all scriptures 😂
Ignore the temples and the people actually there at the time... it is what we say it is always... all hail the Palace!!
Her name is ishtar.
Ppl do not undwrstand that this is a pagan religion of polytheism.
Waje up!
שלם על כל הא קדם
If God had a monster for a wife, she'd unhinge her jaws every time they had a fight.
If she is riding an animal, it's babylon
So which god is this about, not God of the Bible
That wasn’t the true God‘s wife, Yahweh is not the true God there is the most high God higher than YHWH
It is possible that such idolatry existed some time, when people worshipped something as God's wife, but it proves nothing.
It clearly contradicts the biblical idea of one God.
GOD FATHER, & HIS WIFE, GODDESS MOTHER, & US exist, in the PRE-MORTAL LIFE, before Earth Life.
ሻላም ዐል ካል ሃ ቅዳም
The so-called "orthodox" view of Judaism was thrown out of balance when the Yahwist priesthood, not Yahweh, suppressed her worship with the help of an impressionable boy king. What is written in the bible is nothing but propaganda.
Asherah was a Canaanite goddess. Not the wife of the One True God.
Ashera was EL'S Wife!!
Pick any point in time from a million years ago to today... Always THE Queen !!
3 problems, w/Bible: lost books, forged, & translation. GOD FATHER, & HIS WIFE, GODDESS MOTHER knows, what i say is true.
Maybe they're pestles.
Bible rebukes those idols of that goddess .God has no wife