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  • 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:

...
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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