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Re: [b-hebrew] Explain translation of "Asherah" as "grove" in 2 Kings 23.7?

From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
To: Dora Smith <villandra AT austin.rr.com>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Explain translation of "Asherah" as "grove" in 2 Kings 23.7?
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 09:34:14 +0100

On 14/07/2004 07:20, Dora Smith wrote:

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Asherah was the wife of Yahweh. ...

Not in the Bible, where such a thought would be just as repugnant and detestable as temple prostitution. As I understand it, this idea is based on a disputable interpretation of a single inscription from outside the land of Israel. Some people had strange religious ideas then, as now, but you should quote as unqualified fact neither everything you read on the Internet nor everything you read on one-off ancient inscriptions.

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[b-hebrew] Explain translation of "Asherah" as "grove" in 2 Kings 23.7?, Dora Smith, 07/14/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Explain translation of "Asherah" as "grove" in 2 Kings 23.7?, Dora Smith, 07/14/2004
  - RE: [b-hebrew] Explain translation of "Asherah" as "grove" in 2Kings 23.7?, Reinier de Blois, 07/14/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Explain translation of "Asherah" as "grove" in 2 Kings 23.7?, Peter Kirk, 07/14/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Explain translation of "Asherah" as "grove" in 2 Kings 23.7?, Harold R. Holmyard III, 07/14/2004
    - RE: [b-hebrew] Explain translation of "Asherah" as "grove" in 2Kings 23.7?, Slade Henson, 07/14/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Explain translation of "Asherah" as "grove" in 2Kings 23.7?, Jack Kilmon, 07/14/2004
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Explain translation of "Asherah" as "grove" in 2Kings 23.7?, Peter Kirk, 07/14/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Explain translation of "Asherah" as "grove" in 2Kings23.7?, Jonathan D. Safren, 07/14/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Explain translation of "Asherah" as "grove" in2Kings23.7?, Jack Kilmon, 07/14/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Explain translation of "Asherah" as "grove"in2Kings23.7?, Dora Smith, 07/15/2004
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Explain translation of "Asherah" as "grove" in 2Kings 23.7?, Uri Hurwitz, 07/14/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Explain translation of "Asherah" as "grove" in 2Kings 23.7?, Harold R. Holmyard III, 07/14/2004
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Explain translation of "Asherah" as "grove" in 2Kings23.7?, Dora Smith, 07/14/2004