Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Yahwism (was: their altar)
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 23:51:47 +0200
Uri Hurwitz wrote:
> Yitzhak Sapir <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com> wrote:inter alia
>
> .".... Furthermore, we must
> remember we have no evidence for non Asherah
> worship at this early time...."
>
> Let us keep in mind that extra-biblical evidence for
> ninth century and earlier is extremely rare, and any
> student of this extremely interesting subject must
> tread here with care.
I definitely agree.
> The first termple in Jerusalem is hardly discussed
> in this context, perhaps because all the evidence we
> have is textual. However if the Neo Babylonians
> destroyod ,among much else, a temple in Jerusalem,
> had it indeed been built in the tenth century? If so, do
> we have grounds to doubt that like most temples in
> the ANE it was dedicated to one god,rather than to
> several, in this case to Yahweh?
I don't know if it was built in the tenth century but it
could have been originally dedicated to a different god
and later rededicated to Yahweh (lots of opportunities
for that with all the recleansings in Jehoash's time and
onwards). I would appreciate any more references
you have on this issue (10th century beliefs in
Yahweh and other gods).