Talk:Asherah

message: Why does the article make it sound like it was the norm and accepted thing to serve more that one G-d?
It wasn’t the norm, it was looked down upon. And they didn’t start believing in one G-d only after the Babylonian exile. Whoever wrote this must check the sources again. As a Jewish historian I say this is completely false. Jake pres (talk) 14:06, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  G-d is the correct Jewish spelling of God. 2607:FB91:C6A:DC33:F537:8A0E:387A:CAA5 (talk) 15:02, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Israelites 

message: We don't care about what you say, we care about WP:V: not printed anywhere, so it is you who drew such conclusion, textbook case of WP:OR.
Besides, "sacred prostitution" nowhere and "never took place". Source:  Meaning: it was always just a rumor, and always spread by foreigners.
Page at Google Books: . tgeorgescu (talk)  03:33, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The names and traditions of prominent Canaanite deities are consistently misrepresented in Hebrew scripture to denigrate the traditional rivals to Yahweh. This is a common phenomenon. Another example is Baalzebul, which means something like  "Lord of the high place", but which in Hebrew scripture is bastardized into 'Beelzebub' or "Lord of the Flies". Iskandar323 (talk) 06:43, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Coogan does not deny that there were prostitutes seeking clients around temples, he denies that the prostitutes were working for the temples. tgeorgescu (talk)  10:07, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original research 

message: Shouldn't Elijah be mentioned in the "Worship and suppression" section of this article? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 06:23, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:CITE your WP:SOURCES. Anyway, I don't believe that it was a one man show. tgeorgescu (talk)  15:04, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably not, but the anonymous is referring to the biblical narrative of Elijah supposedly defeating "450 prophets of Baal, and 400 prophets of Asherah" at Mount Carmel. It is typical biblical propaganda, but it is a surviving depiction of the cult of Asherah. Dimadick (talk) 10:12, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Elijah]] 

message: Mount Ebal curse tablet is the WP:FRINGE of the WP:FRINGE. E.g. Christopher Rollston wrote: “This article is basically a text-book case of the Rorschach Test, and the authors of this article have projected upon a piece of lead the things they want it to say.”  (copy/pasted from Mount Ebal curse tablet).
See also . Or .
There are WP:FRINGE claims that are apparently cogent, and WP:FRINGE claims which are WP:CB. Mount Ebal curse tablet is WP:CB. tgeorgescu (talk)  02:39, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: That the claims are fringe is probably true, but what does this have to do with the Jewish goddess? Dimadick (talk) 18:23, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: See this edit. —Trilletrollet [ Talk | Contribs ] 18:31, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't get it. Even if the claims about the Mount Ebal curse tablet were true that would only mean that the Tetragrammaton is older than previously known. What does that have to do with the question of when Judaism became monotheistic? -- Random person no 362478479 (talk) 19:42, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fringe 

message: I added... "The term 'Asherah' appears 40 times in the Old Testament, with 33 of these occurrences referring to the sacred Asherah poles used in pagan and heretical Israelite worship. Only seven instances of 'Asherah' are references to the goddess herself."<ref] https://www.learnreligions.com/asherah-in-the-bible-6824125 </ref] 2607:FB91:C6A:DC33:F537:8A0E:387A:CAA5 (talk) 15:06, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Asherah is found 40 times in the Hebrew Bible 

message: Of top importance to Asherah and Kuntillet Ajrud inscriptions pages are good clear illustrations and photos of all sides of the pithoi, plaster, and context. All the art. From the good sources available, which are few. Anybody'd like to help? Temerarius (talk) 00:48, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photos of the pots  

message: I added the requested citation in the top for the Amorite spelling. Temerarius (talk) 19:32, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tag / request resolution 

message: I've not yet checked this table for accuracy. 
* Deuteronomist's spelling references table, after Anthonioz 2014
           	עשתות          	אשתרות	אשרות	אשרה                     	אשרים
Deuteronomy	               	      	     	16:21                    	12:3
Joshua     	               	      	     	                         	
Judges     	2:11-13        	      	3:7  	                         	6:25-26
I Samuel   	7:3-412:1031:10	      	     	                         	
I Kings    	11:5, 33       	      	     	15:1316:3318:19          	14:15,23
II Kings   	23:13          	      	     	13:617:1618:421:3-723:4-6	17:1023:14
Temerarius (talk) 02:38, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling table