First Publication: A Newly Discovered House Shrine

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A long, sometimes bitter debate has been going on in BAR as to whether Yahweh, the God of ancient Israel, had a consort. One of America’s most prominent Biblical archaeologists, William G. Dever, says that in popular religion he sometimes did. Others question Dever’s evidence, even doubting his concept of “popular religion.”a Another kind of debate has also filled these pages: Should scholars look at artifacts that come from the antiquities market? They may have been looted. At worst, they may be forgeries. The two major professional associations of archaeologists in the United States— ASOR (the American Schools of […]

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Footnotes

See Shmuel Ahituv, “Did God Really Have a Wife?” BAR September/October 2006; William G. Dever responds to Shmuel Ahituv, Q&C, BAR, November/December 2006; Shmuel Ahituv responds to Dever’s response, Q&C, BAR, May/June 2007.

See Frank M. Cross, “Statement on Inscribed Artifacts Without Provenience,” September/October 2005 and “Should Scholars Look at Finds That May Have Been Looted?” BAR, September/October 2005.

Hershel Shanks, “Scholars Fear to Publish Ancient House Shrine,” BAR, November/December 2005.