Did God Have A Wife?

Did God Have A Wife? Joel Baden PhD The Kuntillet Ajrud inscriptions are a series of inscriptions found at Kuntillet Ajrud. Many are religious in nature, invoking Yahweh, El and Baal, and two include the phrases "Yahweh of Samaria and his Asherah" (or "Yahweh protect and his Asherah") and "Yahweh of Teman and his Asherah." The inscriptions were discovered during excavations in 1975-76, during the Israeli occupation of the Sinai Peninsula, but were not published in full until 2012. The inscriptions found refer not only to Yahweh but to ʾEl and Baʿal, and two include the phrases "Yahweh of Samaria and his Asherah" and "Yahweh of Teman and his Asherah." The references to Samaria (capital of the kingdom of Israel) and Teman (in Edom) suggest that Yahweh had a temple in Samaria, while raising questions about the relationship between Yahweh and Kaus, the national god of Edom. Prof. Joel Baden works widely in the field of Hebrew Bible, with special attention to the literary history of the Pentateuch. He is the author, most recently, of The Book of Exodus: A Biography (Princeton University Press, 2019). His other books include J, E, and the Redaction of the Pentateuch (Mohr Siebeck, 2009); The Composition of the Pentateuch: Renewing the Documentary Hypothesis (Yale University Press, 2012); The Promise to the Patriarchs (Oxford University Press, 2013); The Historical David: The Real Life of an Invented Hero (HarperOne, 2013); Reconceiving Infertility: Biblical Perspectives on Procreation and Childlessness (with Candida Moss; Princeton University Press, 2015); and Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby (with Candida Moss; Princeton University Press, 2017). He is the co-editor of the volumes The Strata of the Priestly Writings: Contemporary Debate and Future Directions (TVZ, 2009), Sibyls, Scriptures, and Scrolls (Brill, 2017), and The Oxford Handbook of the Pentateuch (with Jeffrey Stackert; Oxford University Press, 2021). ======================================================== **RECOMMENDED ONLINE COURSES HERE** Sign up here for Dr. M. David Litwa's course - The Ancient Greek Mysteries & Christianity - - https://mythvisionpodcast.com/mysterycults Sign up here for Dr. Dale C. Allison Jr's course - The Quest For The Historical Jesus - - www.mythvisionpodcast.com/jesus-quest Sign up for Dr. Bart D. Ehrman's course – Finding Moses - - https://www.mythvisionpodcast.com/moses Sign up for Dr. Bart D. Ehrman's course - Other Virgin Births In Antiquity - - https://www.mythvisionpodcast.com/virgins Sign up for the 7 hour resurrection debate between Dr's Bart Ehrman & Mike Licona here - - https://www.mythvisionpodcast.com/resurrection Sign up for Dr. Bart D. Ehrman's Genesis "In The Beginning" Webinar here - - https://www.mythvisionpodcast.com/genesis Sign up for Dr. Bart D. Ehrman's Christmas Webinar here - - https://www.mythvisionpodcast.com/christmas Sign up for Dr. Bart D. Ehrman's Did Jesus call himself God webinar - - https://www.mythvisionpodcast.com/bart ======================================================== **GET RECOMMENDED BOOKS HERE: 👉 https://amzn.to/35FqNYf ======================================================== Please consider helping support MythVision's work by joining the Patreon or contributing a one-time donation through my links below: MythVision Website: 🔥 https://mythvisionpodcast.com/ MythVision Patreon: 👉 https://www.patreon.com/mythvision MythVision Paypal: 👉 https://www.paypal.me/dereklambert7 Cashapp: 👉 $rewiredaddiction Venmo: 👉 @Derek-Lambert-9 Email MythVision: 👉 mythvisionpodcast@gmail.com Facebook page: 👉 https://www.facebook.com/MythVision/ Facebook group: 👉 https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheWaterBoyZRadio/ Twitter: 👉 https://twitter.com/DerekPodcast TikTok: 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@mythvision/ Instagram: 👉 https://www.instagram.com/dereklambert_7/ Discord: 👉 https://discord.gg/dRQXdZBq6E ====================================================== 👉👉 Checkout Our Other YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @mythvisionclips 👉👉 Checkout MVP Courses to find new and upcoming online courses: https://mvp-courses.com/ ======================================================= #God #Godswife #mythvision #MythVisionPodcast #mvp #dereklambert