Re: Dionysus El Elyon and Zeus Baal Shamen

On Apr 30, 7:36 am, SolomonW <Solom...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <mrGRj.112231$fx2.28...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, big_mart...@xxxxxxxxx
says...

 Small sculptures of more recent dates, depicting Yahweh and his
consort Asherah have also been found.

Check again, what is interesting is the place for Asherah on many of
these sculptures is empty. By the way, many say that Asherah means not a
consort but a pole.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asherah#In_Israel_and_Judah

As to whether references to Asherah are to wooden cult
symbols or to the goddess herself is a subject of
considerable controversy, as is (or even more so) the
extent to which the biblical literature underwent
revisions during the postexilic period, when references
to a consort deity of Yahweh may have been expunged.

Christopher Ingham
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