dear jim,
> You quoted the Jewish Encyclopedia as follows: “Asherah was also the name
>of a Syrian goddess. In the El-Amarna tablets of the fifteenth century B.C.
>her name appears with the determinative for deity as a part of the name
>Arad-Ashirta (or 'Ebed-Asherah).”
just to clarify, i was just citing internet sources and not expressing any
opinion.
> Jacob’s son Asher at Genesis 30: 13 has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do
> with the goddess Asherah.
i was referring to the connective ASHER ("which") and not to the name ASHER. as
to the name, who knows? after all, according
to the sources i quoted ASHERAH was mentioned also with regards to the temple,
and perhaps was originally not exclusively
associated with pagan practices.
nir cohen
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:10:09 -0400 (EDT), jimstinehart wrote
>
> Nir Cohen:
>
> The early Hebrew author of the Patriarchal narratives hated Abdi-Ashirta,
> because his successor, Aziru [Biblical “Amraphel” at Genesis 14: 1] of
> Amurru, iniquitously sold out the Amorite state of Amurru [northern Lebanon]
> to the dreaded Hittites in Year 14. That’s “the iniquity of the Amorites” at
> Genesis 15: 16.
>
> Accordingly, there’s zero chance that Jacob’s son Asher at Genesis 30: 13 is
> named after Asherah, the namesake of the predecessor of the iniquitous
> Amorite Aziru!
>
>
> I don’t believe the Hebrew dalliance with that pagan goddess is documented
> prior to the mid-1st millennium BCE, about 700 years or so after Jacob’s son
> Asher was named.
>
> It’s O.K. to talk about the pagan goddess Asherah in a mid-1st millennium BCE
> context regarding the Hebrews, but that goddess played no role whatsoever in
> the genesis of the truly ancient Patriarchal narratives.
>
> Yes, the early Hebrew author of the Patriarchal narratives liked trees, and
> he was prone to thinking of them as being sacred. But he had no time
> whatsoever for the pagan goddess Asherah. Not.
>
> Jim Stinehart
> Evanston, Illinois
>
>
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