Pax Christi everybody!
I recently saw the second episode of The Bible’s Buried Secrets, and in it, Dr. Francesca claims that we can find an edited-out Asherah reference at God’s side in Deuteronomy 33; is this accurate?
Pax Christi everybody!
I recently saw the second episode of The Bible’s Buried Secrets, and in it, Dr. Francesca claims that we can find an edited-out Asherah reference at God’s side in Deuteronomy 33; is this accurate?
“The Bible’s Buried Secrets” was a single two-hour episode of PBS/Nova. Are you confusing it with something else?
Editing my post after skimming a few more things. The particular verse is Deuteronomy 33:2 where something is at the right hand of Yahweh, and most translations do something like:
Indeed, here is a more recent discussion over what the word actually means (send me a PM if you want a copy of any of these):
Divine Fire in Deuteronomy 33:2
Now as for Asherah, where does that come from?
Here is a webpage discussing Asherah in general that is worth reading through:
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/2008/12/Hadley_Asherah
Finally, I came across the paper where that chart is from that explicitly discusses some of Dr Stavrakopoulou’s claims. I’m hesitant to post it since I don’t know anything about the author or the journal, so take it with a grain of salt:
The Hebrew Goddess Asherah in the Greek Septuagint
Maybe someone can chime in with a broader literature discussion on the topic or some specific references from the original claim of the author.
I think there were two Bible’s Buried Secrets, and one of them was a three part series.
Yeahhhhh. Her story proliferates entities unnecessarily.
Do you have a link please?
Apparently those secrets really are buried…
Sorry about the wait!
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