Continuing the conversation from last week about Yahweh’s connection to a mother goddess, Asherah, we progress into how she was discredited and divorced in Genesis.

We also talk about the cultural and societal context that may have prompted this divorce, codifying the patriarchy into religious text that was considered direct and irrefutable truth from God for the next 2600 years.

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REFERENCES:

Allebest, Amie. Breaking Down Patriarchy Podcast. http://breakingdownpatriarchy.com/

Beau, Elle. “The History of Patriarchy”. November 11, 2018. Medium.com

Eisler, Riane. “The Chalis and the Blade: Our History, Our Future.” 1987.

Hastings, Christobel. “God Has Been a Woman Since the Beginning of Time”. August 17, 2018. Vice.com.

Mosaic Authorship

Net Age. “Creation and Goddess Symbols in Genesis 1-3”.

Shrewsbury, Martin. “Asherah, Known as ‘Lady of the Sea’”. November 27, 2017. AllTooHuman.Blogspot.Com.

Stockman, Susan Beth. “Daughters of Yahweh: Recovering the Deep Feminine from the Yahweh Complex”. 2015. Dissertation. Pacifica Graduate Institute.

“Trees and Religion- Ancient Mesopotamia”. October 25, 2016. Arboriculture.com.

Viegas, Jennifer. “God’s Wife Edited Out of the Bible– Almost”. March 18, 2011. NBCNews.com

“Yahwist Source”. Editors of the Encyclopedia Brittanica. Encyclopedia Brittanica.com.

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