03405nam 2200745Ia 450 991045329050332120200520144314.01-281-81392-397866118139250-567-11976-9(CKB)1000000000554844(EBL)436248(OCoLC)319492781(SSID)ssj0000106325(PQKBManifestationID)11142847(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106325(PQKBWorkID)10108557(PQKB)11219918(MiAaPQ)EBC436248(Au-PeEL)EBL436248(CaPaEBR)ebr10251013(CaONFJC)MIL181392(OCoLC)893334029(EXLCZ)99100000000055484419970825d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAsherah[electronic resource] goddesses in Ugarit, Israel and the Old Testament /Tilde BingerSheffield, England Sheffield Academic Pressc19971 online resource (191 p.)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;232Copenhagen international seminar ;2Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--1991.1-85075-637-6 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 METHOD; Chapter 2 DEFINITIONS; Chapter 3 THE SOURCE MATERIAL; Chapter 4 ASHERAH IN UGARIT; Chapter 5 ASHERAH IN ISRAEL; Chapter 6 ASHERAH IN THE OLD TESTAMENT; Chapter 7 ASHERAH IN UGARIT, ISRAEL AND THE OLD TESTAMENT; Appendix 1 LISTS OF SACRIFICES FROM UGARIT; Appendix 2 INSCRIPTIONS FROM 'ISRAEL'; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of AuthorsA comprehensive discussion of texts concerning the goddess Asherah, as she is portrayed in texts from Ugarit (both epic and ritual texts, as well as the lists of sacrifices), Israel (the Khirbet el-Qom and Kuntillet Ajrud inscriptions) and the Old Testament. The main theses of the book are that two or more divinities carrying the same name but separated by several hundred years are not necessarily to be identified; that Asherah is probably not a name, but rather a title, carried by the main goddess in ancient Syria-Palestine; that the Asherah of the Old Testament and the Israelite texts was inJournal for the study of the Old Testament.Supplement series ;232.Copenhagen international seminar ;2.Asherah (Semitic deity)Ugaritic literatureRelation to the Old TestamentUgaritic languageTextsHebrew literatureHistory and criticismHebrew languageTextsMythology, SemiticElectronic books.Asherah (Semitic deity)Ugaritic literatureRelation to the Old Testament.Ugaritic languageHebrew literatureHistory and criticism.Hebrew languageMythology, Semitic.291.2114291.2114Binger Tilde874987MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453290503321Asherah1953343UNINA