| Description |
368 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Jewish folklore and anthropology |
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Jewish folklore and anthropology.
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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? |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-349) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cabala -- History.
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God (Judaism)
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Jewish mythology.
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Mother goddesses -- Palestine
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Myth in the Old Testament.
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Presence of God.
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| LC no. |
89070488 |
| ISBN |
0814322212 (alk. paper) |
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0814322719 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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