Continued thread
Side note: this isn't completely out of left field. IIRC #archeology texts in the Middle East from a couple thousand years ago sometimes speak of "Yahweh and his Asherah". One scholar said, "We don't know exactly what an Asherah was, but Jehovah definitely had one." (sorry, can't find the reference at the moment).
Asherah was apparently a "consort" of Yahweh/Jehovah in early worship/mythology. She was explicitly female and explicitly sexually involved with #Yahweh ("consort" apparently means they were banging it out).
Asherah was apparently not the same as Ishtar, but I figured few people would have any knowledge of Asherah.
en.wikipedia.orgAsherah - Wikipedia
