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Article: Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan. (Briefly Noted).(Book Review)
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- Currents in Theology and Mission
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
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Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan. By John Day (Sheffield Academic, $73). This book thoroughly examines the biblical and in-scriptional evidence dealing with Yahweh and El, Asherah, Baal, Astarte, Anat, and the astral and underworld deities. He concludes, against Frank Cross, that El and Yahweh were originally separate deities but that Yahweh was eventually credited with many characteristics of El. The golden calves of 1 Kings 12 are held to be images of the deity rather than pedestals on which the deity was enthroned. The Kuntillet 'Ajrud and Qirbet el-Qom inscriptions refer to Asherah's cult symbol rather than the goddess herself, but in ...
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