Who Was Asherah? (and was she God's wife?)

Learn to read the Hebrew Bible in its original language. Live twelve-week class with Dr. Kipp Davis. Join here: https://www.religiondepartment.com/bookofjonahWas the God of Israel married? Inscriptions from the Sinai pair Yahweh with "his Asherah," a Canaanite mother goddess worshipped across the ancient Near East. Special thanks to Dr. Lauren McCormick. Check out her incredible web exhibit on the Judean Pillar Figurines here: https://laurmcco.github.io/judeanpillarfigurineexhibit/Follow her blogging at https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/author/lmccormick/00:00 Intro1:26 Athirat/Asherah in the Ugaritic Literature5:20 Asherah in the Hebrew Bible9:00 Sacred Trees, asherahs, and iconography14:10 Judean Pillar Figurines: Asherah or Not?18:53 Kuntillet Ajrud Inscription25:29 Was Asherah the wife of God?27:32 Erasure of Asherah in later translations29:59 Sign up for Biblical Hebrew! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices