The True ORIGIN of God's Wife Asherah Will BLOW Your Mind!

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I love how she couldn’t be scrubbed from the Nevi'im. She is, and forever will be, part of Hebrew/Christian scripture.

Man, the ignorance in some of these comments . . . You people need to pick up a history book from accredited scholars. It scares me how little Christians know about their own religion, especially its polytheistic roots concerning El and Yahweh. Keep doing what you do, Derek.

Amazing video!!! it's a shame many of those who follow the Christiam religion are still very ignorant about many things. Religion and culture tend to go hand and hand and plays a role in how religion can be formed. Unfortunately, the Goddess Asherah feel pray to those who only served the father god, El she had to be downsized and shamed for false one-sided women blaming reasons. Modern women still fall victim to being shunned and hurt by men and male- thinking in society. I practice Goddess-only Nature worship but i see many sides of the same face of our ancient Mother!!! Your research is commendable and goes on to explain many facets of the Asherah worship in ancient times Cant wait for more videos )0(

Asheera in Arabic and I dare assume in most cousin languages such as Hebrew and Aramiac means wife/partner/pair

According to the general consensus of scholarship (even critical Christian scholars), YHWH was originally incorporated into the Canaanite pantheon as a son of the Canaanite high god El before inheriting the top spot in the pantheon and El's wife Athirat (Asherah) before religious reforms "divorced" them. El's pantheon in Ugarit (modern day Ras Shamra in Syria) is called the Elohim, literally the plural of El. Interestingly, the Biblical god is also referred to numerous times as Elohim. If you want to see if El is fictional, just read his mythology in the Ugaritic/Canaanite texts. "The mysterious Ugaritic text Shachar and Shalim tells how (perhaps near the beginning of all things) El came to shores of the sea and saw two women who bobbed up and down. El was sexually aroused and took the two with him, killed a bird by throwing a staff at it, and roasted it over a fire. He asked the women to tell him when the bird was fully cooked, and to then address him either as husband or as father, for he would thenceforward behave to them as they called him. They saluted him as husband. He then lay with them, and they gave birth to Shachar ("Dawn") and Shalim ("Dusk"). Again El lay with his wives and the wives gave birth to "the gracious gods", "cleavers of the sea", "children of the sea". The names of these wives are not explicitly provided, but some confusing rubrics at the beginning of the account mention the goddess Athirat (Asherah), who is otherwise El's chief wife, and the goddess Raḥmayyu ("the one of the womb"), otherwise unknown." "First, a god named El predates the arrival of the Israelites into Syria-Palestine. Biblical usage shows El was not just a generic noun, but often a proper name for Israel’s God (e.g., Gen 33:20: “El, the God of Israel”)." "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. A Sumerian hymn speaks to the goddess: “Nanshe, your divine powers are not matched by any other divine powers.” Does this mean that Nanshe was the high goddess, that there were no gods above her? No, it does not. Nanshe was the daughter of Enki, the high god. In Sumerian mythology, as with Ugaritic, Israelite, Babylonian, and others, in the ancient past, the high god (Enki, in this case) divided up the world and assigned his children certain domains. Nanshe was given a limited domain (the modern Persian Gulf) and was tasked with maintaining social justice there. This is exactly what we see in Deuteronomy 32 with Yahweh. Yahweh is given a limited domain (Israel) and is given authority over his people, to punish them, as well as to protect and defend them against foreign enemies. That Yahweh, like Nanshe, is said to have incomparable divine power does not mean that he is not subordinate to the high god who gave him his domain. It is also of note that Nanshe, like Baal, Yahweh, and so many other deities, evolved over time. Her domain increased, and she was promoted in the pantheon (although she never became the high goddess)." "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." "The Table of Nations: The Geography of the World in Genesis 10" - TheTorah.com (Excluding the short narrative on Nimrod (vv. 8–12), which appears to be a later addition, Genesis 10 contains 70 names of nations or cities, a number that was symbolic of totality. Similarly, the descendants of Jacob were 70 in number (Gen 46:37; Exod 1:5), as were the sons of the supreme Canaanite god El, with whom YHWH became equated.) "Polytheism and Ancient Israel’s Canaanite Heritage. Part V | theyellowdart" (Of course, much of this [i.e., that Israel worshiped El and Asherah alongside YHWH] is really to be expected given that recent syntheses of the archaeological, cultural, and literary data pertaining to the emergence of the nation of Israel in the Levant show that most of the people who would eventually compose this group were originally Canaanite. As the Hebrew Bible notes, the Hebrew language itself is a Canaanite language, literally the “lip of Canaan” (שְׂפַת כְּנַעַן; Is. 19:18), and so it cannot often be distinguished by modern scholars from other Canaanite inscriptions on purely linguistic grounds.) "Ugarit - New World Encyclopedia" (Ugaritic religion centered on the chief god, Ilu or El, whose titles included "Father of mankind" and "Creator of the creation." The Court of El was referred to as the (plural) 'lhm or **Elohim,** a word **later used by the biblical writers to describe the Hebrew deity** and translated into English as "God," in the singular. El, which was **also the name of the God of Abraham,** was described as an aged deity with white hair, seated on a throne.) "Mark Smith: Yahweh as El’s Son & Yahweh’s Ascendency – Lehi's Library" (Mark Smith is a Catholic) "God, Gods, and Sons (and Daughters) of God in the Hebrew Bible. Part III | theyellowdart" "02 | December | 2009 | Daniel O. McClellan - Psalm 82" (Daniel McClellan is a Mormon) "Elohim | Daniel O. McClellan" (Refer to the article "Angels and Demons (and Michael Heiser)") "God's Wife Edited Out of the Bible - Almost." (Pay attention to whose wife Asherah (Athirat) is in the Ugaritic/Canaanite texts and how she became the wife of YHWH/Yahweh) "Yahweh's Divorce from the Goddess Asherah in the Garden of Eden - Mythology Matters." "Asherah, God's Wife in Ancient Israel. Part IV - theyellowdart" "The Gates of Ishtar — El, was the original god of the bible." "The Gates of Ishtar — Anath in the Elephantine Papyri" (In addition to Asherah (Athirat) being the consort of Yahweh, it appears some Israelites also viewed the Canaanite goddess Anat(h) as Yahweh's consort) "Canaanite Religion - New World Encyclopedia" (Refer to the section "Relationship to Biblical Religion") "The Syncretization of Yahweh and El : reddit/AcademicBiblical" (For a good summary of all of the above articles) Watch Professor Christine Hayes who lectures on the Hebrew Bible at Yale University. Watch lecture 2 from 40:40 to 41:50 minutes, lecture 7 from 30:00 minutes onwards, lecture 8 from 12:00 to 17:30 minutes and lecture 12 from 27:40 minutes onwards. Watch "Pagan Origins of Judaism" by Sigalius Myricantur and read the description in the video to see the scholarship the video is based on. Watch "How Monotheism Evolved" by Sigalius Myricantur and watch up to at least 21:40. Watch "Atheism - A History of God (The Polytheistic Origins of Christianity and Judaism)" (By a former theist) Watch "The Origins of Yahweh" by Derreck Bennett at Atheologica.

Note also the mandorla, which is the name of the geometric form from which the Christians showed Jesus emerging. However, I think one of the big problems with the current understandings of Asherah and the Asherah pole is that the pillar capitals of the City of David clearly depict the form of these trees as represented on contemporaneous metal bowls from Idalion, as well as on numerous other pieces of religious art, with many examples displayed on ivories (the material used is important). Many of these depictions look nothing like a tree, and there are many examples of mosaics across the ancient world that show this "Mandorla" shape emerging from flowers that do not grow from trees. Also, an exhaustive consideration of these forms across the ancient world shows that they derive ultimately from geometric/metaphysical assumptions regarding the method for constructing equilateral triangles and six-petaled rosettes. This vesica piscis is the central symbol of the pillar capital orders of the second temple and was eventually covered over by the Acanthus of the Corinthian order. It is not a coincidence that the pillar upon which the Christians claim Jesus sat while being crowned with "akanthe" is flanked by Corinthian columns that display the acanthus covering up the symbols of the Ionic and proto-Aeolic orders, which are directly referential to the forms of the tree in question. How can Israel have rid itself of this symbolism if it was right there on their capitals all along. Some early Christian mosaics even depict this form on capitals surrounding an altar. The Almond tree's flowers have 5 petals, not 6. If I had to take a wild guess at the Asherah pole, I'd say that it was a date palm that was bound up with crocus corms (as a lattice) and its blooming signaled the beginning of the saffron harvest, which is the true first fruit.

The world will be in much trouble for the way women are treated ⚖️

This is lovely! People have been worshipping the goddess for thousands of years. I just wish the mainstream would see it and accept it. ❤

I found it interesting that the menorah, the 'seven branched candle stand' is probably linked to the stylized almond tree and therefore to Asherah. Not unusual for one religion to borrow the iconography of another and therefore hide it in plain sight. I don't remember the verse but there's a quote in the O.T. about how the wives of Hebrew men were complaining after the reforms of Josiah that they were better off when they were worshipping Asherah than they were under YHWH. It's well known that Hebrew men during the 1st temple period often married Canaanite women as a form of cultural assimilation and that these women kept worshipping Asherah, even having votives of her or her sacred tree in their homes. Showing the henotheistic nature of early Israel prior to the 2nd temple period.

I must say i have been looking for these connections i knew would be if one looked in the last far enough. Thank you. So very much.

Excellent, thank you very much. I have had an interest in Asherah for quite some time, mainly because so little has been known that I could find; this video really helps!

Fascinating discussion of scholarly research on the origin of the Menorah 28:15. If that idea is correct, the Menorah may have been created or styled to absorb and co-opt Ashera worship in the same way that the Christmas tree would later become a way to absorb 'pagan' worship into Christianity.

Your production is really excellent. Thank you so much for all of this info!!

The connection is plainly there. Asherah is derived from Inanna. Her tree resembles the growth of the mind. Seven branches=7sins+7virtues in balance. Often depicted as mastery over two lions of emotion violence resembling the expression through the male and the female. The Maccabean removed the male and female role of the mythologies replacing it by the initiated.

Well documented stuff from Ugarit will always be mindblowing, one of the best videos you made so far ! (along with the Adam & Eve origins), keep up the good work!

These scholars never go far back enough....as far back as possible. To the Sumerian tablets. To the Enuma Elish. Then you would understand that Yahweh is Enlil and Asherah is Inanna

Thanks for the knowledge.

Ok, well you just made me bawl at 11:25 ❤ There's so much history that has been twisted and hidden from us. We are the revealers ❤

Considering the connection of Asherah to the tree of life, or at least the tree that blossoms first. I'm intrigued as to the link to the amygdala as being core emotional brain tissues, linking Asherah physically as a mother of (emotional) life. I concede, it is far fetched, just sprouting ideas here, that came to mind. Second as a "tree of life" could she be depicted in Genesis, since she was apparently removed from a lot of texts, but apparently also important enough that central tenets had to be kept in the texts, as THE tree of life, that opened the eyes of Adam and Eve to good and evil? Where the father would not teach them these things? Even dissuade them against it and let them trust in his wisdom, whereas the mother wanted her children to be able to make decisions of their own? Again just ideas that came to mind. Loved the video, thank you for a lot of associative thoughts that weren't there before.