From: Deborah Millier <deborahmillier AT yahoo.com>
To: hebrew listserve <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [b-hebrew] "their altars" or "his/its altars"?
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 18:23:28 -0800 (PST)
Dora Smith wrote:
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> Asherah was Yahweh's wife . . .
Actually Dora, the above thought hit me as I read
):aS"RaYW , but there was nothing in the surrounding
biblical context to support it, so I quickly dismissed
it as a viable option.
Please (to list members), rather than letting the
discussion get derailed over what forms ancient
Israelite religion possibly took, Id like to explore
the text as is. Why ):aS"RaYW in Exo 34:13 and not a
plural possessive? What might best explain the
evidence? If not a consort for YHWH, then what . . . ?