Hey christians. Is it true that there is a female God in the bible ?...
DrDeanCrosby
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In the ancient Bible, both men and women were just referred to as "men".
The word interpreted as a title of God in genesis 1 is Elohim. The writers of Genesis probably pictured the Elohim as manlike in appearance. The Elohim are the sons of El in the Canaanite pantheon. They were ruled by El Elyon (God Most High), and later by Hadad the rain god, who is generally the god referred to by the title Baal (Lord). In Genesis 14:18-22, Abram is blessed by Melchizedek, the Canaanite High Priest of El Elyon and king of Salem, and Abram accepts the god as his.
The enemy of the Elohim is Yam (the sea), a chaos monster slain by Baal. This might have been derived from the Sumerian creation epic Enuma Elish, in which the god Marduk battles the great dragon Tiamat (the waters of chaos, and mother of the gods) and divides her body to create the heaven and the earth. In Genesis 1, God's Spirit moves upon the face of the waters (verse 2) and then divides them (verses 6-7). Marduk hangs up his bow after his victory over Tiamat, much as God does in Genesis 9:13 after the Flood.
Paul in the New Testament explicitly says that men were made in God's image and women weren't: "For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man." (1 Corinthians 11:7-9). The books of the Bible are the product of a patriarchal society, in which men were considered godlike and women were blamed for bringing death, woes and toil into the world (Adam and Eve).
A book on Theology I’ve got sometimes takes a more recent concept or construct and reads it back into earlier scriptures. So they might then interpret earlier scriptures as referring to newer doctrines that the author never intended. So in Genesis 1, when it refers to God saying "Let us ...", they then re-interpret that as the Trinity talking to itself; the author had probably envisaged the Canaanite pantheon (Elohim, sons of the Most High God El Elyon).
The enemy of the Elohim is Yam (the sea), a chaos monster slain by Baal. This might have been derived from the Sumerian creation epic Enuma Elish, in which the god Marduk battles the great dragon Tiamat (the waters of chaos, and mother of the gods) and divides her body to create the heaven and the earth. In Genesis 1, God's Spirit moves upon the face of the waters (verse 2) and then divides them (verses 6-7). Marduk hangs up his bow after his victory over Tiamat, much as God does in Genesis 9:13 after the Flood.
Paul in the New Testament explicitly says that men were made in God's image and women weren't: "For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man." (1 Corinthians 11:7-9). The books of the Bible are the product of a patriarchal society, in which men were considered godlike and women were blamed for bringing death, woes and toil into the world (Adam and Eve).
A book on Theology I’ve got sometimes takes a more recent concept or construct and reads it back into earlier scriptures. So they might then interpret earlier scriptures as referring to newer doctrines that the author never intended. So in Genesis 1, when it refers to God saying "Let us ...", they then re-interpret that as the Trinity talking to itself; the author had probably envisaged the Canaanite pantheon (Elohim, sons of the Most High God El Elyon).
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Why would God need ANY gender?
I did see some archeology a year or so ago that suggested the very early jews actually had a female diety too
there are remains of what are very early jewish shrines which have, ( despite no graven images rules) a male figure said t represent their god with a smashed figure beside which may have represented a female equivalent
if any has more info please tell
there are remains of what are very early jewish shrines which have, ( despite no graven images rules) a male figure said t represent their god with a smashed figure beside which may have represented a female equivalent
if any has more info please tell
Elohim means pantheon of gods or host of gods. Elohim is being mentioned 2602 times in the Old Testament.
More than 4000 years ago, Genesis myth was partly plagiarized from the Sumerian, Babylonian and Akkadian creation myths. In those myths, there were pantheon of gods.
The Canaanites (ancient Jews) worshipped El Elyon (in Genesis, it was mentioned that they built El-Bethel, meaning house of god). When Moses and his clans left Egypt, Moses prayed to El Shaddai (god of mountain). Subsequently, the Israelites worshipped Elohim. From archeology, tablets were found for the early Canaanites worshipping both Yahweh and *Asherah (wife of Yahweh, or Queen of Heaven). Baal was worshipped, too, as fertility god.
*Jeremiah 7:18:"The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes of bread for Asherah (Queen of Heaven). They pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke me to anger."
From 750 BCE, there were calls by some prophets to worship only Yahweh. After the fall of Israel to the Assyrians, there were more urgency in calling the early Hebrews to worship Yahweh only. The Deuteronomists began to warned that god is a jealous god, and would help the Babylonians to subdue the Israelites, if the Israelites did not repent and worship the "one true god". Subsequently, both Elohim and Yahweh morphed into a single god, Yahweh.
More than 4000 years ago, Genesis myth was partly plagiarized from the Sumerian, Babylonian and Akkadian creation myths. In those myths, there were pantheon of gods.
The Canaanites (ancient Jews) worshipped El Elyon (in Genesis, it was mentioned that they built El-Bethel, meaning house of god). When Moses and his clans left Egypt, Moses prayed to El Shaddai (god of mountain). Subsequently, the Israelites worshipped Elohim. From archeology, tablets were found for the early Canaanites worshipping both Yahweh and *Asherah (wife of Yahweh, or Queen of Heaven). Baal was worshipped, too, as fertility god.
*Jeremiah 7:18:"The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes of bread for Asherah (Queen of Heaven). They pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke me to anger."
From 750 BCE, there were calls by some prophets to worship only Yahweh. After the fall of Israel to the Assyrians, there were more urgency in calling the early Hebrews to worship Yahweh only. The Deuteronomists began to warned that god is a jealous god, and would help the Babylonians to subdue the Israelites, if the Israelites did not repent and worship the "one true god". Subsequently, both Elohim and Yahweh morphed into a single god, Yahweh.
The God of the Bible is portrayed as male. (You have heard of Mary conceiving Jesus, right?) And in the Bible, woman are mentioned at least 10 times less often than men. Back when the Bible was written, women were second class citizens, which is why, in some cultures even today, that is still the case.