The Cult of Asherah in Ancient Israel and Judah

Evidence for a Hebrew Goddess

By: Judith M. Hadley

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Recent archaeological discoveries have encouraged scholars to reinvestigate the Israelite religion. In this book, Judith Hadley uses these discoveries, alongside biblical material and non-biblical inscriptions, to examine the evidence for the worship of Asherah as the partner of God in the Bible. By investigating the Khirbet al-Qom and Kuntillet 'Ajrud inscriptions, for example, where the phrase 'Yahweh and his Asherah' is frequently in evidence, the author asks what the ancient Israelites meant by this, how they construed the relationship between Yahweh and Asherah, and whether in fact the term actually referred to an object of worship rather than to a goddess. The author also evaluates more recent scholarship to substantiate her conclusions. This is a detailed and brilliant study which promises to make a significant contribution to the ongoing debate about the exact nature of Asherah and her significance in pre-exilic Israel and Judah.

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'An excellent work, the best of the half-dozen works on Asherah available in English.' Expository Times

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List of figures	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xi
List of abbreviations	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
An introduction to asherah	p. 4
Who or what is asherah?	p. 4
Asherah as merely an object	p. 4
Asherah as both a goddess and her image	p. 7
A brief survey of previous research	p. 11
W. L. Reed	p. 12
T. Yamashita	p. 13
T. A. Holland	p. 15
A. L. Perlman	p. 16
J. R. Engle	p. 19
U. Winter	p. 21
S. M. Olyan	p. 23
R. J. Pettey	p. 25
W. A. Maier III	p. 27
S. Schroer	p. 28
S. A. Wiggins	p. 30
R. Hunziker-Rodewald	p. 32
C. Frevel	p. 33
Final remarks	p. 37
The goddess Athirat	p. 38
Athirat in the Ugaritic literature	p. 38
Baal's house	p. 39
The Keret epic	p. 41
The origin and etymology of Athirat	p. 43
Possible origin of the goddess	p. 43
Etymology	p. 49
Asherah in the Bible	p. 54
General introduction	p. 54
The deuteronomistic influence	p. 55
Asherim and Josiah's reform	p. 57
The use of the definite article with asherah	p. 59
Passages which may mention the goddess	p. 63
Judges iii 7	p. 63
I Kings xv 13 and II Chronicles xv 16	p. 64
I Kings xviii 19	p. 66
II Kings xxi 7	p. 68
II Kings xxiii 4-7	p. 71
Two passages which may allude to the goddess	p. 75
Hosea xiv 9 (Eng. 8)	p. 75
Amos viii 14	p. 77
Conclusion	p. 77
Inscription no. 3 from Khirbet el-Qom	p. 84
Background	p. 84
Author's transcription and translation	p. 86
Word dividers	p. 86
Line 1	p. 87
Line 2	p. 89
Line 3	p. 90
Line 4	p. 100
Lines 5 and 6	p. 101
The hand	p. 102
Final observations	p. 104
The finds from Kuntillet Ajrud	p. 106
The nature of the site	p. 106
The inscriptions	p. 120
Inscription no. 1	p. 121
Inscription no. 2	p. 125
Inscription no. 3	p. 129
Inscription on plaster	p. 130
The drawings	p. 136
The 'Bes' figures	p. 137
The lyre player	p. 144
Concluding remarks	p. 152
Other related finds	p. 156
The finds from Lachish	p. 156
The Late Bronze Age ewer	p. 156
Other finds	p. 161
The Pella cult stands	p. 165
The Taanach cult stands	p. 169
'Lapp's' stand	p. 169
'Sellin's' stand	p. 176
The Ekron inscription	p. 179
The Jerusalem pomegranate	p. 184
Conclusions	p. 187
Female figurines	p. 188
Plaque figurines	p. 188
'Concubine' figurines	p. 189
'Goddess' figurines	p. 191
Pillar figurines	p. 196
Conclusion	p. 206
Bibliography	p. 210
Index of biblical passages	p. 235
Index of extra-biblical references	p. 239
Index of modern authors	p. 241
General index	p. 245
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