Did God Have A Wife?
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Did God Have A Wife? Joel Baden PhD
The Kuntillet Ajrud inscriptions are a series of inscriptions found at Kuntillet Ajrud. Many are religious in nature, invoking Yahweh, El and Baal, and two include the phrases "Yahweh of Samaria and his Asherah" (or "Yahweh protect and his Asherah") and "Yahweh of Teman and his Asherah." The inscriptions were discovered during excavations in 1975-76, during the Israeli occupation of the Sinai Peninsula, but were not published in full until 2012. The inscriptions found refer not only to Yahweh but to ʾEl and Baʿal, and two include the phrases "Yahweh of Samaria and his Asherah" and "Yahweh of Teman and his Asherah." The references to Samaria (capital of the kingdom of Israel) and Teman (in Edom) suggest that Yahweh had a temple in Samaria, while raising questions about the relationship between Yahweh and Kaus, the national god of Edom.
Prof. Joel Baden works widely in the field of Hebrew Bible, with special attention to the literary history of the Pentateuch. He is the author, most recently, of The Book of Exodus: A Biography (Princeton University Press, 2019). His other books include J, E, and the Redaction of the Pentateuch (Mohr Siebeck, 2009); The Composition of the Pentateuch: Renewing the Documentary Hypothesis (Yale University Press, 2012); The Promise to the Patriarchs (Oxford University Press, 2013); The Historical David: The Real Life of an Invented Hero (HarperOne, 2013); Reconceiving Infertility: Biblical Perspectives on Procreation and Childlessness (with Candida Moss; Princeton University Press, 2015); and Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby (with Candida Moss; Princeton University Press, 2017). He is the co-editor of the volumes The Strata of the Priestly Writings: Contemporary Debate and Future Directions (TVZ, 2009), Sibyls, Scriptures, and Scrolls (Brill, 2017), and The Oxford Handbook of the Pentateuch (with Jeffrey Stackert; Oxford University Press, 2021).
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When Yahweh saw Asherah on that pole, a fire started burning and he wanted to tear her down if you know what I mean
Well, his fault for wifeing a woman who hangs off of poles. That almost never ends up working out.
Don't forget the Asherah pole (May pole) and Asher (upright phallus).
He couldn’t take it anymore. He said “I’m going to mate her, oh my god! It feels so good! She’s mine!”
She was a pole dancer?
Interesting
I can relate to this yahweh guy now.
The goddess in Jeremiah is Ashtoreth/Astarte/Ishtar not Asherah. Read the Ba'al Cycle from Ugarit. It features the Semitic pantheon; it is thousands of years older than Israel. El is like a Semitic Chronos, distant and worshipped for so long that his name just meant "God". Ba'al Haddad and Yaw/Yam/Yah are members of El's council, the Elohim. There were other female deities like Anath, and Asherah, and Sin (from which we probably get Sinai). Ba'al Haddad is a Sky/Storm Deity sort of lilke Zeus-- his title is "The Rider on the Clouds"; Yaw is a water-fertility deity sort of like Poseidon who was associated with the Mediterranean Sea and rivers-- his title is "The River Judge", and he is probably related someway to Sumerian Ea. As in the Bible, in the Ba'al Cycle Ba'al (Haddad) and Yam/Yaw are in conflict. Out in the Arabian peninsula Yah had become a bull deity. When Canaanites from the North were forced out of the cities at the end of the Bronze Age is probably when their version of Yah was syncretized.
Is that the inspiration for the song 'rider on the storm'?
As someone who reads Aramaic, Ancient Greek, and Hebrew, I would just like to say that I'm totally kidding. I can barely read English. Haha
My exboyfriend helped translate the Dead Sea scrolls, and learnt all those languages and Ugaritic as well.
btw my first response was lol
It always struck me as bizarre how the Israelites could ever turn on Yahweh when he had so many miraculous powers? But Yahweh was just one of many competing God's , none of whom had obvious advantages over the others, until one cult re wrote history.
I thought that it was bizarre too, but it becomes much more understandable when I saw how many of Baal's epithets applied to Yahweh as well as some of the cultural practices that seem to bleed over. And then the whole "you will no longer call me "my Baal" made so much more sense than what my pastors kept spinning it as.
@@blksmagma trying to harmonize the text to fit our modern needs ruins your ability to appreciate the text for what it really is.
NO YAHWEH IS ELOHIM HE WAS KEEPING IT A SECRET TO SEE IF THEY WILL TURN ON HIM 👁️💧⚡😶🌫️🗣️🔥
If God had a wife he would have never have been in CHARGE.
God is a woman (summer) and Satan is a man (winter). Isaiah 47.3, Isaiah (Jupiter) comes out of winter not as a man (barren earth) but as a woman (nurture) aka summer.
"Your nakedness shall be uncovered, and your shame shall be seen; I will take vengeance, and I will not meet you as a man."
Isaiah 47:3
I loved this video. ❤️ I've been a huge fan of Prof. Baden for years now. What I love about studying the ancient texts, is that there is so much background context that we have to figure out because the writer knew that the people of antiquity already understood. So many different ways to interpret what a text was saying and what it wasn't. I think it's important to help identify and preserve the other beliefs and opinions of that time because the people that believed and practiced them mattered and are as much a part of history and our ancient ancestry as the earliest Christians were.
The bible as ancient movie like Friday the 13th.
I'd be curious to know what Joel thinks of the Francesca Stavrakopoulou book "God An Anatomy."
I certainly thought it was great!
Yeah so did I - I highly recomend it.
Francesca was on this show, great interview. I bought the book and audio book.
El Elyon had 70 children Yahweh being one of them.
It’s obvious that as the centuries went on the concept of YHWH became more etherialized, that is Platonic, until it now means a pure idea of a pure idea thinking itself into existence, or something. Theists also claims that since this is all incomprehensible it’s mysterious and hence has to be true.
You forgot how the Hebrews, the Christians and even the Muslims plagiarized the Zoroastrians too
The real question 🤔:
Did god have a husband? 😳
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wow I just looked up Psalm 82 and there can be no confusion that yes indeed, the Hebrew god did pass judgment on the other gods. 1 God presides in the great assembly;
he renders judgment among the “gods”:
2 “How long will you[a] defend the unjust
and show partiality to the wicked?[b]
3 Defend the weak and the fatherless;
uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.
4 Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
5 “The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.
They walk about in darkness;
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6 “I said, ‘You are “gods”;
you are all sons of the Most High.’
7 But you will die like mere mortals;
you will fall like every other ruler.”
8 Rise up, O God, judge the earth,
for all the nations are your inheritance.
So maybe just maybe, that whole line in the bible saying " I am jealous god" was meant for the Hebrews only and not other populations through out the middle east and the Hebrew "god" was afraid that other god's would get the glory. I wonder why no one especially preachers never mention Psalms 82?
@@ramadadiver7810
Psalm 82. This is a psalm of Asaph (the collector, or the Sun at the spring equinox, because here the year ended - was collected, or gathered up). At the spring equinox the winter zodiacal constellations are all overhead at sunrise. Hence, it is said: The Gods (Elohim) stand in the congregation of the mighty El, who judges in the place of the Gods (Elohim), i.e., the Elohim, or summer constellations, now occupy the place El, or the winter constellations, did at the beginning of winter, being separated by the equinoctial line alone. He (the El) judges in the place of the Gods (the Elohim). How long will ye (Gods) judge unjustly and accept the persons of the wicked? i.e., how long will yon summer constellations remain below the equator? - Selah; - stop now, leave the wicked; judge (see marginal reading) the poor and fatherless; deliver the poor and needy; and get them out of the hand of the wicked (winter). For they (the poor and needy, summer constellations) don't understand, but walk in darkness (are night constellations); all the foundations of the earth (the winter constellations) are out of their course, above the equator. I have said ye are Gods (Elohim), yea more; ye are the sons of the Most High (Eleon = uppermost, or highest Sun, i.e., the mid- summer Sun). But ye shall die like men, and fall (set) like one of the princes, or chiefs, of the zodiacal constellations (Libra then setting). Now, arise, O Gods (Elohim), and judge the earth, for ye shall inherit (claim) among all nations.
Here, by supplying in parenthesis the names of the two kinds of Gods, the reader is enabled to see the true sense of the psalmist. At the same time, he is qualified to judge of the ignorance and rascality displayed in King James' translators. But they and the king had a purpose to subserve-to rule and rob the people by keeping them in ignorance.
When reading a story in mythology you need to know the year the writers is using. The sacred year (most common) begins and ends at the spring equinox. The secular year begins and ends at the autumn equinoxes. The solar years are tied to the solstices.
Of course Jupiter (Fire) had a wife. She was his sister Juno (Air). Jupiter (Fire) is the rider of the white horse (Aries) and Juno is the rider of the black horse (Libra). Aires (Fire) through Libra (Air) make up the sacred seven and the arc of the covenant.
Derek should get some Ugaritic experts on the channel!
The Bible begins with a tree (Genesis 2:9) and ends with a tree (Revelation 22:2). Of course God (El) isn’t an old bachelor.
Outstanding, Derek! I just wrapped up watching James Tabor's 2006 lecture (released today) on Jesus' father and then receive Professor Baden's take on YHWH's consort and it's father. What a pair of videos to draw to!
I know. Me too. I've been a fan of theirs and others for years now. Anything with them is a must see, must read for me.
Omg you’re on fire today! I didn’t even finish watching the previous one ! Thank you so much Derek!
On fire ? are you predicting where i'll be sending somebody?
cause I frown upon ANYONE engaging in sex before marriage !
CONFESS RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW and I will forgive you!
disclaimer; don't confess here, just do it in your prayers and I'll be listening while I'm watching your neighbor take a shower... cause i'm ALWAYS EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME.... WATCHING...
You're so welcome!
@@PutsOnSneakers would be willing to come over for a meal? I’m a great cook, southern mamma. Yes, just SHOW up God 😍
@@MythVisionPodcast Are you planning to go to graduate school to be a scholar someday? I think you should be since you are passionate about this subject.
@@MythVisionPodcast your literally on fire 🔥LOL 😆
She left because he was full of himself and very abusive. Hell hath no fury like a Godess scorned 😲
Derek the Macedonian strikes again!
Of course Jupiter (Fire) had a wife. She was his sister Juno (Air). Jupiter (Fire) is the rider of the white horse (Aries) and Juno is the rider of the black horse (Libra). Aries (Fire) through Libra (Air) make up the sacred seven and the arc of the covenant. Don't forget Boaz (West) and his brother (East).....and the Royal arc/arch of the Masons.
The two pillars, Jachin and Boaz, sustain the "royal arch" of the Freemasons. This corresponds to the seven summer months. The first, Jachin, is literally "he (Aries) will set upright;" the last, Boaz, according to Gesenius, means "alacrity" or swiftness. They answer to the east and west during the entire year; in spring and autumn, to the equinoxes, in summer and in winter, to the solstices.
Jupiter Olympus gives (summer gives) and Jupiter Stygius takes away (winter eats saved crops).
Asherah is the consort of El not Baal
Yahweh was one of the sons of El.
He offed El and married his mother Asherah, in a copy of Oedipus.
Read the Elohist vs Yahwist doublet stories in the Old Testament.
Monotheism vs Polytheism
E source vs J source
Jesus was a man, then, why not have a wife and a normal life, nothing wrong with that,
it's actually quite good.
Jesus (man) is winter sun of five months (Scorpio/water thru Pisces water) and Christ (female) is the summer sun of seven months. Remember in Isaiah 47.3, where Isaiah (Jupiter) comes out of winter, not as a man (barren earth) but as a woman (nurture) like in the breasted ram aka El Shaddai.
Aries is where we find Jupiter wearing the ram horns. Take a look at Jupiter/Zeus with ram horns. Even Alexander the great was depicted with ram horns and of course there is Jupiter Amen (Amun, Aman, Amon).
Deuteronomy 32:8-9
When the Elyon apportioned the nations,
when he divided humankind,
he fixed the boundaries of the peoples
according to the number of the gods;
YHWH’s own portion was his people,
Jacob his allotted share.
This is an excellent verse showcasing the very clear implications of a polytheistic origin story that, unfortunately, gets glossed over due to certain translations being very popular.
Pair it with Judges 11:24
Will you not take what your god Chemosh gives you? Likewise, whatever the LORD our God has given us, we will possess.
and its undeniable
@@ramadadiver7810
Well Paul was more or less a monotheist. Though that has no bearing on this conversation.
I'm speaking about the Old Testament and its practices before the Persian influences if Zoroastrianism. Paul comes way after the exile and long after Josiah's reforms. The Israelite religion has changed.
Paul says there's no other gods and nothing will happen if they eat food dedicated to other "so-called gods" because they don't exist, but in the book of Judges, Jephthah is saying that the Moabite god gave them their lands. Meaning that there's another active force besides YHWH.
@@ramadadiver7810 Yeah, I read it. If he didn't deny the existence of other gods, he'd be a monolatrist. And I would totally agree with you...
BUT
The problem is verse 4 where he's basically saying that there aren't any. After that, he's pretty much hedging his bets as referenced by the use of the qualifiers "if" and "so-called".
Old Testament is interesting where a good portion says that there's other gods, but not to worship them (monolatry), but there are others where YHWH himself says he's the only god there is (monotheism).
Not at all an accurate translation of that part of that book. It speaks about the way in which the promised land will be divided between the 12 tribes of Israel.
@@ramadadiver7810 No.
According to the general consensus of scholarship, YHWH was originally a son of El.
"I should add here that it is very clear from the grammar that the noun nachalah in v. 9 should be translated “inheritance.” Yahweh receives Israel as his “inheritance” (nachalah), just as the other sons of El received their nations as their inheritance (nachal, v. 8). With this verb, especially in the Hiphil, the object is always what is being given as an inheritance. Thus, Israel is given to Yahweh as his inheritance. ((Here I’m indebted to Dan McClellan.)) It would make no sense for Elyon to give himself an inheritance. Moreover, as I’ve argued elsewhere, it is not just the Gentile nations that are divided up according to the number of the sons of El. It is all of humankind, i.e., “the sons of Adam.” This clearly includes Israel. And the sons of Adam are not divided up according to the number of the sons of El, plus one (i.e., plus Elyon). They are divided up, according to the text, solely according to the number of the sons of El. *Thus, that Yahweh receives Israel as his inheritance makes Yahweh one of the sons of El mentioned in v. 8. Any other construal of the text would constitute its rewriting."*
*"The Most Heiser: Yahweh and Elyon in Psalm 82 and Deuteronomy 32 - Religion at the Margins"* based on the *majority scholarly consensus.*
(Written by Thom Stark who is a Christian)
*"Michael Heiser: A Unique Species? - Religion at the Margins"*
(A second response to Michael Heiser)
*"Excerpt from “Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan” by John Day - Lehi's Library."*
*"Mark Smith: Yahweh as El’s Son & Yahweh’s Ascendency - Lehi's Library"*
*"The Syncretization of Yahweh and El : reddit/AcademicBiblical"*
(For a good summary of all of the above articles)
This explains why God messes up so much: he is distracted by trying to pay the alimony bills.
You are brilliant🤣
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Hello he still has to date ,here🌎....... HELLO i am she , ....... blessed be barbelo of the Christ Trinity spirit (aka Ashera)......🤍🕊️🌹
Asherah had a statue in the Temple that stood for 2/3rds of its life , its right there in the bible
Baden is my rabbi and Dr. Collins is my priest (I’m a proud apostate Jew).
Adonai just hasn’t been the same since Asherah left him. Maybe Humanity needs to do like some kind of “parent trap” strategy to get them back together and keep him from sending everyone to Hell.
The Deity Trap!
It was a terrible breakup. The temper tantrum was breathtaking. Shook things up and Her tears flooded the world. 🤔
I wondered how Jesus was made like how he had one son? How was his son made?
Yeah the Israelites definitely tried to pair Asherah with Yahweh but that wasn’t the only tradition so the title of the video claiming that this perspective is iron clad is misleading
imaginary beings can have anything a human can imagine... why not 4 wives and dozens of concubines?
It's a good question that has an interesting answer. It turns out that almost all Pagan mythologies worldwide would automatically assign a single consort to every male deity at their conception. This is usually lost as the mythology developed, but thankfully we have archaeology to help by finding older versions of the same myths. However, the best extant and complete example of this that is still preserved in its entirety is the Japanese Kojiki. Practically every god in the Kojiki is born together with his sister-spouse, and even when the goddess is the more important figure (as with Amaterasu), a male brother-consort (Tsukuyomi) is allotted to her at her conception. It may be that this proto-monogamous tendency is built into the general human conception of religion itself.
@@andrewsuryali8540 2 words that will rock your whole world: Dwardu Cardona. You're welcome ;)
Your guest somewhat flippantly refers to the Israelites as worshipping gods other than Yahweh (Jehovah). They were severely disciplined for that at various times. And presently most so-called Christian religions prefer to worship Jesus as God. Not a good idea - Rev. 19:10. Yes, God has a wife - his heavenly organization of faithful angels. And Jesus has a wife- his faithful anointed disciples.
(edit should have watched the video fully first, 7 minutes in he covers this)
It was Baden who said "why have a commandment about having one god, if there aren't others"
"Thou shalt not steal" because people steal
"Thou shalt have no god before me" because there are other gods
You don't need a "thou shalt have no Tesla" because there wasn't a Tesla in ancient Israel...
So basically, even the almighty and all-powerful God couldn't handle a woman is happier being single
Yahweh's wife was the Latin Juno/Greek Hera.
You Should read about BARBELO she's the Mother of All/the Tree of Life/the word/ Heavenly Mother .
Was not Asherah also El's , Yahweh's Dad , consort ?!
GOD the Eternal FATHER is not alone, GOD the Eternal FATHER have a WIFE, GODDESS our beloved HOLY Eternal MOTHER.
That question at the very beginning is rediculous. Mother goddess is a big theme in many cultures. Don't act like it's such a shock.
Deuteronomist is weird since it's one author telling doublet stories to...argue with himself?
Deuteronomist does not like the Elohist lol.
GOD the Eternal FATHER'S WIFE, GODDESS the Eternal MOTHER, & Us, already exist, in the PRE-MORTAL LIFE.
Jeremiah 44:19 The women added, “When we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, did not our husbands know that we were making cakes impressed with her image and pouring out drink offerings to her?”
literally nothing said in the video contradicts the Bible. Israelites worshiped other gods big surprise
The contradiction is about God being only one. We are talking about Yahweh being married to another goddess.
@@definitivamenteno-malo7919 Read the Old Testament. its 90% about how israelites were quick to worship other gods along with YHWH..
@@sturmgewehr4471 which proves my point if you know which parts are added a posteriori than the ones that are more ancient. If you read the Exodus, Yahweh doesn't even say he's the only god and even recognizes other gods, just being inferior to him like any other theocracist nation of the time did: "My god is more powerful than your god". The thing about your understanding is that is based on completely ignoring the historical context and taking the Bible like if it was made in a vacuum. Compare myths, compare what happened, and see how the Hebrews plagiarized the Zoroastrians during Babylonian Captivity.
Oh, yeah, and Yahweh wasn't even the original god of the IsraELites. It was El before Yahweh, and YES those are separate entities, to the point of Yahweh being a bronze metallurgic deity of the Madianites (remember the tribe of Jethro, father in law of Moses? Madianite priest of Yahweh. The Exodus is a creation myth about why the Israelites started worshipping Yahweh and not just El in isra-EL).
The god you know was manufactured during the theocracist coup d'etat that the Yahwehists during Josiah's reign, where Deuteronomy was fabricated and got rid of the competence to achieve absolute power.
The bible contradicts itself.
@@definitivamenteno-malo7919 calm down kid. Genesis 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
the very first verse of the Bible says there are no other gods
It's interesting how these professors still didn't figure it all out yet. ALL of the middle East "religions" have been born from their earlier astronomical myths. There is only one way that the astronomy fits together so there is only one true myth.
Every so called mystery of these religions is explained by the authors desire to preserve their astronomy within foundational stories called myths. Much of the real astronomy has been lost due to constant need to update these myths in light of changing political situations as new empires and rulers emerged. In the middle ages for example, the myth of witches popped-up seemingly from no where but it was just that the elite scientists and astronomers were sharing their findings in code contained in books called books of the occult. That's why when people started using them politically to target certain sections of the population as witches and burning them (think Spanish inquisitions), everyone of their authors stood up and declared that their books were not true in that sense, there was no magic or necromancy etc. in them at all! It still doesn't stop people even today believing in witches and magic spells etc. though!
Every wife, mother, sister, daughter...in the bible, is a Virgin. In Egypt, she was Neith of Sais.
@@harveywabbit9541 which Bible are we talking? The old Hebrew Bible has prostitutes and ex wives as married to their heroes so maybe u mean the Christian New testament whoever that was written by?
The Man of Elohim which was the headship of the sons of God had a wife known as the heavenly Queen and was the headship of the morning stars. And was not the wife of YH'WH, who was the Image and Word of the All consuming Father YH'VH which is called the Godhead or God I AM THAT I AM
Being hassled to mow the lawn on weekends and being omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
Very true. The mundane can be grounding and comforting.
There never was one God, but many gods , and yes they had wives, fought between them, were jealous, had different territories to manage ...The Hindu , Egyptians or Sumerians mythologies were closer to reality than our single god Jewish, Christian or Muslim religion state. But its easier to sell with one almighty god..
Before the was two there was one.
Some of your other past guests have also written on this same subject if you haven't forgotten.
I am not sure I got anything from Dr. Baden on your challenge at the beginning, that is, when you ask the viewer, or hypothetical "true believer", what the implications are for "your god" that all this messy evolution of gods, goddesses, consorts, et al, in ancient near eastern cultures that Judaism evolves from. He DOES list a lot of different deities, different origins, etc. but it seems mostly a cataloging, not anything that makes suggestions or points a finger somewhere. So.... ?
Every wife, mother, sister...in the bible, is a Virgin. In Egypt, she was Neith of Sais.
Bible, has been corrupted, but, not whole Bible. Truth is, GOD the Eternal FATHER, created ADAM, & GODDESS, the Eternal MOTHER, created EVE.
This all dances around with the way things actually were presented as more like titles that proper names. Case in point as proofs with the masculine forms presented with their = feminine counterparts.
El = Elah, Al = Alat, An = Anat, Assur = Assurah is the same as Asher and Asherah and after whom the Assyrians are named, just as there are the set of names as Ba'al/Bel = Ba'alat/Belah.
Its a but more problematic when it comes to characters like Yahweh which more accurate was named Yahuah (yah-hoo-ah) s the deity of Judea. Beyond that there isn't too much clarity archeologically from sources outside of the perspectives of Judea what he was all associated with though he was presented as married at some point to two female matron deities of Jerusalem and Israel and a few vague references how eventually Yahuah divorced and destroyed them brutally for their infidelity.
On the technical side, God is not even himself a Middle Eastern deity but specifically a European one, well known and wide spreed among many diverse tribes and dialectic expressions but in such a case was primarily called Godan. He was later conflated with the Greco-Latin Deus, later called Zeus in the 1500s CE, just as Deus was conflated with he Hebrew Yahuah and El/Al.
However:
Its also a fact people get all bent out of shape over is when they learn God as a noun is itself derived from the masculine noun Godan, which dictionaries still refuse to acknowledge and intentionally provide false etymology on purpose when you look up the noun God. However, when you look up the adjective god, the same exact word of the same exact language and same expect spelling it always comes up as meaning good. Yet as an noun its claimed to be basically meaningless or tied to things that clearly have no such connection to the damn word at all.
None the less, lets also consider one of the oldest culturss still active, which is Hinduism that preserved a lot more thanis appreciated. The Hindu Deity Brahma that self manifests from his unknowable formless unconditioned state called Brahman shares much of the same traits of the first deity that is always male in all these related or associated sources as having three wives named Gayatri, Savitri and Saraswati and are said to have been made by him from out of himself who then help him and participate in the works of creation. A similar sense about the deity El as El Elyon with him having three wives was a belief maintained and current will into the 3rd to 4th centuries CE till it had been more or less stamped out.
So yeah, :God" had a wife alright, but in reality he had 3 separate and distinct wives based on all those sources (not one, not two, not four, just three). Weird to to us now by imposed culture, yet not that odd based in actual history.
Mormonism believes God had a wife.
The Bible does NOT read as if Israel and Caanan were far apart...Israel WAS Caanan! All throughout the books of the prophets, the people "went awhoring" after the gods of the Caananites! These were times they were actually punished by God! The conquering kings took the original place of worship in Samaria, where Jacob's well was, and saturated it with pagans from all over. Come on!
There's an opinion that they were dolls. Ancient barbie dolls. Scholar Richard Elliot Friedman suggested this. By the way, there were very few Ken dolls found.
GOD the Eternal FATHER have a WIFE, which is, GODDESS our beloved HOLY Eternal MOTHER.
Sounds almost like "he" was invented by men! 🤔🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yep 😅
No, God does not have a wife that's just stupid. God Jehovah is the Great and Almighty Creator Spirit that created all things, including lesser gods. And yes, the israelites borrowed a lot from the cannanites, this is nothing new. The Bible talks alot about it and God clearly forbids Israel from practicing Cannanite customs.
Asherah, a goddess in ancient Semitic religion, was removed from Hebrew scripture due to the monotheistic reforms of the Israelites. According to the biblical account, Asherah was the name of a fertility goddess and the wooden cult object dedicated to her. The Israelites were commanded not to worship idols or any other false gods, and Asherah was seen as a symbol of paganism. So, basically Yaweh took them out to the woodshed.
Athirat (Asherah) was originally the consort of El, not Baal.
A couple of good articles:
*"God's Wife Edited Out of the Bible - Almost."*
*"Yahweh's Divorce from the Goddess Asherah in the Garden of Eden - Mythology Matters."*
*"Married Deities: Asherah and Yahweh in Early Israelite Religion - Yahweh Elohim."*
*"Asherah, God's Wife in Ancient Israel. Part IV - theyellowdart"*
*"The Gates of Ishtar - Anath in the Elephantine Papyri"*
(It appears in addition to Asherah (Athirat) being the consort of Yahweh it also appears some Israelites also viewed the Canaanite goddess Anat(h) as Yahweh's consort)
He must have had a wife, why else would he have given us that misery?
Asherah was obviously Yahweh's personal exotic dancer, ergo the pole.
The Babylonians honored the Queen of the south which was considered to be Baal's wife
ברוכה את אשרה, מלכת השמיים ועולם, אנא אלת אשר אשריתנו, תנו לנו מפרי ידיך וחלבך משדיך!
'Nuremberg Germany Battle of the gawds 1561", how did that contribute to present day Dystopia? That is you, know of this, and Post event influence . Curiously looking
@@j.christie2594 What exactly are you saying, it’s far from clear and I would like to know what you mean.
@@AsherahsOrchardhlo bro
Are gods according what you make me picture by their appearance are anthropoids
The professor is making kindergarten arguments...and people are just looking for reasons to further sear their conscious.
Ah, the good old days when God was a woman. Things went downhill fast once she was overthrown.
What about parents!? Does god have parents? And do they know what the hell he’s been up too these last two thousand freaking years?!!
Every wife, mother, sister...in the bible, is a Virgin. In Egypt, she was Neith of Sais.
So im waiting for the show that details our creator being not a being but an actual spirit that connects us all. That our creator isnt the one in the bible and texts of religions. Jesus said so himself that his god was not of the same as all before him. He even bashed abrahams god. Why would he do that.
even people of the same denominations of christianity disagree on many things all the time. from the attributes given to God to what they think is literal and what is metaphorical in the bible. while i dont get how anyone can take anything in the bible metaphorical. i mean either God meant to trick people, he meant to be unclear, or the christian God doesnt exist. my position is that if there is a God, we likely dont know a lot about it. and all religions are probably wrong
The stone statues of god and goddess Yahweh and his wife Asherah of pagan Judaism and pagan Christianity .
GOD the Eternal FATHER have a WIFE, SHE'S our beloved HOLY GODDESS MOTHER.
Documentaries been on PBS a couple of times now, coming to similar conclusions.
The first version of the transformed wife.
Ra masturbated and from his seed sprang forth Tefnut (moisture) and Shu (air).
His "wife" was his hand.
How many out there have started out with the "hand" of Ra as their first girl friend. Was she called Jill?????
Is she related to the Tribe of Asher?
Asher = upright phallus and his female counterpart is Asherah.
Ra masturbated and from his seed sprang forth Tefnut (moisture) and Shu (air).
His "wife" was his hand.
How many out there have started out with the "hand" of Ra as their first girl friend. Was she called Jill?????
Yes….Asher tribe was a woman tribe and she was the leader. Do you recall when they are naming the tribes after the flood, it stops on The Tribe of Asher to mention that God Loves Asher, paying special attention to this tribe. Then I believe it’s Genesis and Exodus (I haven’t read the Bible in a long time) that one popular account only talks about 4 tribes, the other account talks about 12 tribes after the flood (one being Asher). Why is that?? I say that the reason for this is because some of the 12 tribes joined to make 1 and paying particular attention to protect Asher. Thoughts??
If God didn't have a wife then why is all creation made male and female
The four "wives" of Jacob are Leah (winter solstice) her handmaid (spring equinox), Rachel (summer solstice) and her handmaid the autumn equinox. They are all the same "historical" person called Virgo. This means that the children of "Israel" are the stars in the twelve constellations. Stars ain't people. The only Israel, in the bible, is the stars.
Don't forget the daughter Dinah (the moon goddess) who also went by the names Diana (Latin) and Artemis (Greek).
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Baby Abraham was better known as Baby Zeus/Jupiter. He was nursed by a goat goddess. Think Capricorn and the horn of plenty. This "horn of plenty" is represented by the ship of Zebulun. This same "horn of plenty" is Noah's ark and the casket of Osiris.
Dogma itself literally sucks
Jesus is son of asherah
i thought it was a given that the hebrews synchronised their religion with the heathen. is that not why the prophets were sent to warn of judgement?
Ra masturbated and from his seed sprang forth Tefnut (moisture) Shu (air).
His "wife" was his hand.
@@harveywabbit9541 fascinating
@@stubowl1 it’s not generally known, you could say they same about Christianity (and Islam) synchronising with the Hebrew religion, which synchronised with the ‘heathen’.
(By heathen I assume you mean the ancient Polytheistic religions).
Of course Yahweh has a wife,
Baden IS afraid OF YAHWE that IS WHY he speaks LIKE That,BEING very careful NOT to SPEAK i'll of YAHWE 🤔😑🤨
At the start Joel Baden has what I'd call a "who is this turkey?... what is he doing?... do I really have to endure this secular, self-promotionalist Capitalist hype...?" look on his face 😒🙄😳
Some people till this day, lack knowledge. See, there are World's without numbers, there are worthy Couple's, in-charge of.
Thank you ❤
The old covenant and new covenant gods are different. Yahweh (old covenant) vs El Elyon (new covenant) are definitely not the same. There's no way you can read the old covenant and come to that conclusion.
Love this topic alot..
old scriptures do speak of GD"S consort . scriptures talk about ialdabaoth being created without the male consort "GD"
Every belief is states of what you seek with just thoughts that do and now don't is consceince did and now don't live in those state of history is still now called Ancient is also now same thoughts repeating.
When the professor has been hanging out and trying to talk like his students.. "Like, like, like..." sounds like a college girl chatting with her besties.
Yea i like this channel...but the prof is sound like like like.....like a dude who is taking fashion designer major in my college....dude can you find a better source ..like...ehm...like...
God (the All) is masculine, feminine, and androgyne i.e. Trinity (Family) - complete in itself, the archetype of creations.
1. Masculine:
a. El Elyon (God the Most High)
b. The Father
c. Adam
d. The Devil
e. Chaos - The Great Beast.
f. Mars (Khronos-Herakles)
g. Pattern/Form (Pater - Father)
h. Soul
i. Sulphur (Red King)
j. Atum
2. Feminine:
a. Asherah (She who walks on the sea)
b. The Son a.k.a. Holy Wisdom
c. Eve
d. The Flesh
e. Babalon - The Scarlet Woman.
f. Venus (Ananke)
g. Material/Matter (Mater - Mother)
h. Body
i. Mercury/Quicksilver (White Queen)
j. Juesaes (Iusaas, Jusas, Iusaaset, Ausaas, Saosis) - the hand of Atum.
3. Androgyne:
a. Yahweh (To be)
b. Holy Spirit
c. Seth
d. The World
e. Baphomet
f. Cupid (Eros/Phanes/Protogonus)
g. Animal/Substance
h. Spirit
i. Salt (Rebis - the Philosopher's Stone)
j. Heka (Magic) - the first-born of Atum.
me you lunch, who are you
Fantastic as usual!
The verses in Jeremiah concerning the Queen of heaven are continually misinterpreted to the context of its written meaning
God (the sun) has many wives. His number one is the Moon.
Your intro just sounds like Mormonism honestly 😅
Q - Does YIN have a YANG? Doh.
The Bible is written in the context of a kingdom and Kingdom
This only reinforces my thoughts as a chlid.
10,ooo+ religions dividing Humanity are best reason, befitting religion is, a Alien Visitation story, gone awry. Creation Theory, just crazy.
Makes you realize, that like the conglomeration of alternative Christianities known as Gnosticism, we are only left with the Ancient Israelite religion that won out…-and we have to discover the rest.
Exactly
God has several wives, a lot!
LDS-maxing and not even sweating
Never had so many ads in my life lol
Did God have a wife. Only if mother nature was real. No god and no wife just the fantasy of ancient people.
Every wife, mother, sister, daughter...in the bible, is a Virgin. In Egypt, she was Neith of Sais.
mostly people who didnt know shit trying to figure things out. and people to this day are somehow still falling for what the ancient people wrote down