Evidence for Asherah

Evidence for Asherah

by Judith M. Hadley

Department of Theology & Religious Studies - Villanova University

December 2008

Asherah has appeared paired with Yahweh in positive ways. Furthermore, the early eighth century BCE prophets do not condemn Asherah worship. The worship of Asherah was evidently acceptable before the Deuteronomistic reform movement gained momentum in the seventh century BCE, but since the text of the Bible was significantly composed or edited by the Deuteronomistic school or even later, this fact is not immediately apparent. >>> Leia mais, clique aqui.