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.
A historical examination of the goddess in Judaism.
I. The Goddess Asherah II. Astarte-Anath III. The Cherubim IV. The Shekhina V. The Kabbalistic Tetrad VI. Matronit The Goddess of the Kabbala VII. The Myth of God and the Shekhina VIII. Yihudim Unifications IX. The Shekhina as Maggid and Vision X. Lilith XI. The Sabbath Virgin, Bride, Queen, and Goddess Appendix: The Goddess in the Dura Synagogue?