Yahweh's consort, Asherah, Lady of the Sea, Hebrew goddess (northernway.org)
Was God's wife edited out of the Bible? Atheist claims the Almighty had partner known as Asherah
Daily Mail (March 19, 2011)
A leading academic has claimed that God has a wife who was edited out of the Bible. Atheist Dr. Francesca Stavrakopoulou says that the [Judeo-Christian version of the] Almighty, known as Yahweh, had a partner called Asherah who was worshipped.
The scholar's controversial claims are being explored in the BBC2 series "The Bible’s Buried Secrets." His wife was presented as a deity in Israel and someone who sat alongside him, according to journal articles and books by the scholar.
Daily Mail (March 19, 2011)
A leading academic has claimed that God has a wife who was edited out of the Bible. Atheist Dr. Francesca Stavrakopoulou says that the [Judeo-Christian version of the] Almighty, known as Yahweh, had a partner called Asherah who was worshipped.
The scholar's controversial claims are being explored in the BBC2 series "The Bible’s Buried Secrets." His wife was presented as a deity in Israel and someone who sat alongside him, according to journal articles and books by the scholar.
The God Yahweh's wife, Asherah, reminiscent of India (integral-options.blogspot)
Dr. Stavrakopoulou, who has been given a primetime BBC slot, also claims that Eve has been "unfairly maligned" by "middle-aged bearded men" and should not have been blamed for the Fall of Man.
But some [claims] may raise eyebrows among viewers -- including her suggestion that Eve was not the first woman in the Bible [surely in the creation myth of the Bible, it was Adam's first wife, Lilith] because the Garden of Eden did not belong in the original Old Testament.
But former MP Ann Widdecombe, who is a Roman Catholic, said: "I would guess that most other theologians will demolish her theory in three seconds flat." Dr. Stavrakopoulou, who has a Ph.D. in theology from the University of Oxford, has confirmed she does not believe in God.
She said: "I’m an atheist with a huge respect for religion. I see what I do as a branch of history like any other." Dr. Stavrakopoulou's claims that God had a wife appeared to be backed up by her own research into the subject. More>>
Raiding Creation Museum with Pirate Atheists
As I stood in line, I looked around at everyone in line. Science T-shirts abounded with sayings like, "Stand Back, I'm about to do Science," "Evolve," and "Teach the Controversy." Hardly earth-shattering worldview statements. I didn't see any T-shirts like, "God sucks"... More>>
As I stood in line, I looked around at everyone in line. Science T-shirts abounded with sayings like, "Stand Back, I'm about to do Science," "Evolve," and "Teach the Controversy." Hardly earth-shattering worldview statements. I didn't see any T-shirts like, "God sucks"... More>>
