Patai, Raphael,  1910-1996. <br/><br/>
The Hebrew goddess / 
Raphael Patai. 
 - Third enlarged edition /. /  foreword by Merlin Stone. 
 - 1 online resource (368 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) :  illustrations. 
 - Jewish folklore and anthropology .
 - Jewish folklore and anthropology. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-349) and index. 
<br/><br/>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? 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780814338216 (electronic bk.) 0814338216 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Altes Testament
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Myth in the Old Testament.<br/>Jewish mythology.<br/>Mother goddesses--Palestine.<br/>Cabala--History.<br/>Muttergottheit<br/>Kabbala<br/>Mythos<br/>Göttin<br/>Cabala.<br/>Jewish mythology.<br/>Mother goddesses.<br/>Myth in the Old Testament.<br/>RELIGION / Judaism / General
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Palästina<br/>Israel (Altertum)<br/>Middle East--Palestine.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1183  / .P38 1990eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296.3/11