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The Hebrew goddess / Raphael Patai; foreword by Merlin Stone.
Penn Museum Library BS1183 .P38 1990
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patai, Raphael, 1910-1996.
- Series:
- Jewish folklore and anthropology
- Jewish folklore and anthropology.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Myth in the Old Testament.
- Jewish mythology.
- Mother goddesses--Palestine.
- Mother goddesses.
- Cabala--History.
- Cabala.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Third enlarged edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, 1990.
- Summary:
- 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 on the Shekhina.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-349) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0814322212
- 0814322719
- OCLC:
- 20692501
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