tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615941543485589009.post1585395178012438966..comments2024-02-19T12:05:47.873+00:00Comments on Something Surprising: More about 'Asherah - wife of Yahweh'Plasma Engineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891736950166421184noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615941543485589009.post-33979902632412035622012-02-10T04:36:01.482+00:002012-02-10T04:36:01.482+00:00Of course to the prophets, Israel is his wife. So...Of course to the prophets, Israel is his wife. So its possible that three different strands of Israelite religion gave JHVH a different wife. The Sages gave him Chockmah, the Prophets gave him the nation, and the Baal worshippers who conflated him with El and continued to worship Baal as his son gave him Asherah. I guess it could work like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615941543485589009.post-60258542445168518082012-02-10T04:33:01.315+00:002012-02-10T04:33:01.315+00:00It was a trinity of Father, Son, Mother: El, Baal,...It was a trinity of Father, Son, Mother: El, Baal, Asherah. Christianity replaces it with Father, Son, Holy Ghost. 'Spirit' in Hebrew unlike Greek (where it is neuter) is feminine, thus the connection of Mother and Spirit. But JHVH's wife's name per Proverbs and Ben Sira (in the apocrypha) would have to be Chockmah (Wisdom, Sophia in Greek). In these texts Lady Wisdom speaks of how she participated in creation, how "the LORD" gave her a throne in Jerusalem and so on. Concerning Chockmah Ben Sira makes a pun that only works in Hebrew "Wisdom is hard like her name; she is not known by many" (haha! hardy harr!) But it works in the context of these discussions about JHVH having a wife. Everybody always wants to give him El's wife and make him a homewrecker when he apparently had his own wife.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615941543485589009.post-60313781995257098122012-01-24T22:00:59.279+00:002012-01-24T22:00:59.279+00:00Fascinating! Thanks for posting this!Fascinating! Thanks for posting this!Kenny Wylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129538093718977326noreply@blogger.com