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The Hebrew goddess / Raphael Patai.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Jewish folklore and anthropologyPublication details: Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, ©1990.Edition: 3rd enl. ed. / foreword by Merlin StoneDescription: 1 online resource (368 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780814338216
  • 0814338216
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hebrew goddess.DDC classification:
  • 296.3/11 20
LOC classification:
  • BS1183 .P38 1990
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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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?
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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

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-349) and index.

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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?

"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