Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Learn to read the Hebrew Bible in its original language. Live twelve-week class with Dr. Kipp Davis. Join here: religiondepartment.com/bookofjonah
Was 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: laurmcco.github.io/judeanpillarfigurineexhibit
Follow her blogging at biblicalarchaeology.org/author/lmccormick
00:00 Intro
1:26 Athirat/Asherah in the Ugaritic Literature
5:20 Asherah in the Hebrew Bible
9:00 Sacred Trees, asherahs, and iconography
14:10 Judean Pillar Figurines: Asherah or Not?
18:53 Kuntillet Ajrud Inscription
25:29 Was Asherah the wife of God?
27:32 Erasure of Asherah in later translations
29:59 Sign up for Biblical Hebrew!
Learn to read the Hebrew Bible in its original language. Live twelve-week class with Dr. Kipp Davis. Join here: religiondepartment.com/bookofjonah
Was 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: laurmcco.github.io/judeanpillarfigurineexhibit
Follow her blogging at biblicalarchaeology.org/author/lmccormick
00:00 Intro
1:26 Athirat/Asherah in the Ugaritic Literature
5:20 Asherah in the Hebrew Bible
9:00 Sacred Trees, asherahs, and iconography
14:10 Judean Pillar Figurines: Asherah or Not?
18:53 Kuntillet Ajrud Inscription
25:29 Was Asherah the wife of God?
27:32 Erasure of Asherah in later translations
29:59 Sign up for Biblical Hebrew!
