The Hebrew Goddess
Raphael Patai
Foreword by William G. Dever
Ancient History, Anthropology, Bestsellers, Gender, Jewish Thought, Religion, Women's Studies
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814322710
Pages: 408 Size: 6x9
Illustrations: 36 black and white photographs
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814338216
Review
This brilliant essay on goddess worship in Judaism written by an anthropologist represents a major contribution to comparative religion.
— James Preston
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.
Carefully researched, well-written, and well-illustrated, this book is an interesting and invaluable contribution to Jewish Studies.
– Library Journal
This brilliant essay on goddess worship in Judaism written by an anthropologist represents a major contribution to comparative religion.
– James Preston, Encyclopedia of Religion