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The Hebrew goddess / Raphael Patai.

By: Series: Jewish folklore and anthropologyPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, [1990]Copyright date: ©1990Edition: Third enlarged edition /. / foreword by Merlin StoneDescription: 1 online resource (368 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780814338216 (electronic bk.)
  • 0814338216 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hebrew goddess.DDC classification:
  • 296.3/11 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1183 .P38 1990eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- The goddess Asherah -- Astarte-Anath -- The Cherubim -- The Shekhina -- the Kabbalistic tetrad -- Matronit -- the goddess of the Kabbala -- The myth of God and the Shekhina -- Yihudim -- unifications -- the Shekhina as Maggid and vision -- Lilith -- The Sabbath -- virgin, bride, queen, and goddess -- Appendix: The goddess in the Dura synagogue?
Summary: "The Hebrew Goddess demonstrates that the Jewish religion, far from being pure monotheism, contained from earliest times strong polytheistic elements, chief of which was the cult of the mother goddess. Lucidly written and richly illustrated, this third edition contains new chapters of the Shekhina."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-349) and index.

"The Hebrew Goddess demonstrates that the Jewish religion, far from being pure monotheism, contained from earliest times strong polytheistic elements, chief of which was the cult of the mother goddess. Lucidly written and richly illustrated, this third edition contains new chapters of the Shekhina."--Publisher description.

Introduction -- The goddess Asherah -- Astarte-Anath -- The Cherubim -- The Shekhina -- the Kabbalistic tetrad -- Matronit -- the goddess of the Kabbala -- The myth of God and the Shekhina -- Yihudim -- unifications -- the Shekhina as Maggid and vision -- Lilith -- The Sabbath -- virgin, bride, queen, and goddess -- Appendix: The goddess in the Dura synagogue?

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