Pesher of Christ: Is YHWH (Yahweh) just a Canaanite God?
Discussion of BBC series Bible's Buried Secrets:
'Did God Have a Wife?' by Dr. Francesca Stavrakopoulou.
The implication is that YHWH is just the father of Baal
and thus not unique as the Jewish faith believes.
EL and his wife Asherah
(Deut. 33:2-3: YHWH came from Sinai and shone forth from his own Seir, He showed himself from Mount Paran.
Yea, he came among the myriads of Qudhsu, at his right hand his own Asherah,
Indeed, he who loves the clans and all his holy ones on his left.)
Does "EL" = "YHWH ?
In the Canaanite religion El was a god also known as the Father of humanity and all creatures, and the husband of the goddess Asherah as recorded in the clay tablets of Ugarit. |
| In the Tanakh (P (Priestly) strand - Old Testament: Exodus 6:2–3) | |
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| 2 And God (Elohim) spoke unto Moses, and said unto him: "I am the LORD (YHWH); | |
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| 3 and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob as EL (God) Almighty, but by My name YHWH I made Me NOT known to them." | |
| In the Tanakh (P (Priestly) strand - Old Testament: Numbers 23:22), | |
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| 22 EL (God) who brought them forth out of Egypt is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox. | |
Baal, the god of Thunder is a son of EL
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