The Gods of Israel (El, Baal, Yahweh, Asherah) | Stephans History

SEARCH ISRAEL | 497 IDF | 10 POLYTHEISM | 9 THE GODS | 10 IDOLS | 0 ASHERAH | 10 YAHWEH | 42 STEPHANS HISTORY | 11 BAAL | 6

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This is a lecture about a chapter of my world history book called:
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Stephan P. Dinkgreve
MSc Theoretical Physics
Amsterdam

SOURCES:
R. Bellah, Religion in Human Evolution, Harvard University Press, 2011.
R. Hendel, The Book of Genesis. Composition, Reception, and Interpretation, Brill, 2012.
R. Hendel, The Book of Genesis; A biography, Princeton University Press, 2013.
M. Smith, The Early History of God. Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel, Eerdmans Publishing, 2002
T. Römer, R. Geuss, The Invention of God, Harvard University Press, 2015

Correction:
09:08 Another theory is that these figures are representation of the Egyptian drawf god Bes, who is often represented with a similar frontal pose, clear genetalia, and a plume, and sometimes as twins (although this figure is more elongated. The god usually with its head between its shoulders). To make this case, it has to be assumed that the text "Yahweh and his Asherah" written above is not connected to the image, which is possible given the overlap.
Also, the earliest modern drawing of the vague original shows both figures with male genetalia. Further inspection showed this was only the case for one figure.

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Published: 30 Aug 2025 ·  Uploaded: 23 Sep 2025

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SEARCH ISRAEL | 497 IDF | 10 POLYTHEISM | 9 THE GODS | 10 IDOLS | 0 ASHERAH | 10 YAHWEH | 42 STEPHANS HISTORY | 11 BAAL | 6