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Originally Posted by SerenityLives
This is quite interesting. It makes sense- I wonder where else in the bible we can find hints of Asherah.
I guess the translators of KJV didn't like Asherah. They translate it as "groves"
And I also wonder if the female personification of Wisdom may have something to do with it in the Book of Proverbs and Job (carbon dated to be the oldest book in the entire Old Testament).
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/woman-wisdom-bible
and this makes me wonder even more the implications of Lilith (woman created by God before Eve for Adam) being editted out but still remaining in Jewish mythology texts. |
Asherah appears 40 times in the OT. But it's translated "groves." I guess the the KJV translators were embarrassed about Asherah. But they went with "Queen of Heaven," in Jeremiah 7:16–18 and Jeremiah 44:17–19, 25. Likely Asherah was that queen.