Astarte

magical arts and Christian devotees. Predominantly, after the crucifixion of Jesus, Christians put forth their influence increasingly in Ephesus. Today Christians make regular pilgrimages there to venerate two people in particular: Mary, the Blessed Virgin, and Saint Paul. Ashtoreth/Asherah Various goddesses became recognized as being parallel to Ashtoreth/Asherah; such as Ishtar or Inanna, the goddess of the Assyrians and Babylonians. Suitably, the worship of Ashtoreth and the god Baal persisted with immense significance in the surrounding land of Canaan occurring various times in the Bible. Moreover, Hebrew scholars now feel that the goddess Ashtoreth mentioned so often in the Bible occurs as an intentional alternate of the Greek name Astarte. Their foremost allure concerned lewd behavior within their worship. The Hebrew word boshet, ‘shame,’” indicates the Hebrew contempt for her cult. Ashtoreth, among other goddesses, became known as “the queen of heaven” and is noted as one of the major deities’ King Solomon was involved within the Bible. ; Characteristically, among other goddesses, Ashtoreth, also existed as being known as “the queen of heaven” and occurs as one of the major deities’ King Solomon became involved with in the Bible. Intrinsically, historians number one verifications regarding Asherah/Ashtoreth within the Canaanite’s lifestyle, transpires from thousands of cuneiform tablets discovered at Ugarit, Syria, dating around the 14th century B.C.…

Furthermore, Astarte exists as the Greek name of her counterpart Ishtar of the Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Semitic people of Mesopotamian; Astarte also became worshipped in Egypt and Syria, among the Hittites, as well as in Canaan. She became assimilated with the Egyptian deities Isis and Hathor; and in the Greco-Roman world with Aphrodite, Artemis and Juno. Decisively, Hebrew scholars now feel that the goddess Ashtoreth referenced oftentimes in the Bible exists as an intentional alternate…

In his book titled, Phoenicians, author Glenn Markoe states that Phoenician culture had its “remnants in contemporary religions practiced around the Mediterranean.” During pagan times, the deity by the name of Astarte, which according to Markoe was “the most important Phoenician goddess”, would be worshiped with public processions. Astarte was one of the most important figures in all of the ancient Mediterranean civilizations, including the Greeks and the Romans. According to author Joscelyn…

with Moses and Joshua gone, the period of the Judges begins. This was a time when Israel was governed by a series of very colorful judges as you will see. Then the period of the Judges comes to an end when Saul is anointed as the first king of Israel. JUDAH AND SIMEON So the book of Judges starts right off with killing. God tells Judah to go up and fight the Canaanites and Judah in turn asks his brother Simeon to come along. They killed 10,000 men but the strange thing is that when one fled…

Tyche - (a.k.a. Fortuna, Nortia) Tyche comes from the word tynchano which means made to happen. Tyche is goddess the personification of Hope, Luck and Wealth,chance and Fate. She is the daughter of Aphrodite and Zeus or Hermes. Later down the line she was associated with the roman goddess Fortuna a capricious dispenser of good and ill fortune. "Fortuna of health and well-being" and Fortuna Redux "Fortuna the home-bringer". As the Roman Empire was going out of era so to speak Tyche began to be…

They brought practices such as blacksmithing, glass blowing, and wood carving. The Phoenicians themselves made the most important contribution, although they were very influenced. They created the Phoenician alphabet. It was a 22-letter alphabet in which was later adapted into the English alphabet known today. It was created in Byblos. From Byblos, the Greeks got their word for book, biblia, and became the English word, Bible. It also had a strong influence on the Greek and Aramaic alphabets.…

Edom. This specific piece of evidence, found in 1975AD and dated to 900 to 800BC, is an inscription found at a way station called Kuntillet 'Ajrud, located in the western part of the Arabah valley. Also, more evidence found at Khirbet el-Qom, in 1967AD and dated to 750 to 700BC, at a Jerusalem antique market. Both of the discoveries found at Kuntillet 'Ajrud and at Khirbet el-Qom provide evidence that Yahweh had a companion whose name was Asherah who was also the companion of El of the…

conquering small states throughout the Italian peninsula. The Carthaginians were known traders and collectors all through the known world. In about 814 B.C, Carthage was founded by Phoenicians from the city of Tyre. The true founder was said to be a man named Dido, but many people believe their is another founder mentioned in Greek and Roman literature. As Carthage expanded, their navy became one of the best in the world. They were major traders, who traded all over the know world. Merchants…

and prosperity in Tyre, along the coast of Phoenicia at the beginning of the ninth century. Her father was the King Ethbaal of the Zidonians, and he was the high priest of Baal worship. (Baal was the official religion of Phoenicia at the time of the ninth century.) According to historical and archaeological studies, Jezebel lived an extravagant spoiled life full of vibrant textiles, and the education taught by the best Phoenician tutors money could buy. At an early age Jezebel paid homage to…

implying slavery, the concept is much the same from a twenty first century viewpoint. King Solomon built the temple for the name of Yahweh and also his own house, which 1 Kings chapter 7 verse 2 clearly points out that Solomon built his own house much larger than the temple. Something that is harder to believe is 1 Kings chapter 11 verse 3 states that King Solomon had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines! While these are not all exactly sins, especially in the Old Testament times,…