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The Hebrew Goddess
Third Enlarged Edition

Raphael Patai 		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.

Contents

I. The Goddess Asherah
II. Astarte-Anath
III. The Cherubim
IV. The Shekhina
V. The Kabbalistic Tetrad
VI. Matronit — The Goddess of the Kabbala
VII. The Myth of God and the Shekhina
VIII. Yihudim — Unifications
IX. The Shekhina as Maggid and Vision
X. Lilith
XI. The Sabbath — Virgin, Bride, Queen, and Goddess
Appendix: The Goddess in the Dura Synagogue?		 "This brilliant essay on goddess worship in Judaism written by an anthropologist represents a major contribution to comparative religion." — James Preston, Encyclopedia of Religion

"Carefully researched, well-written, and well-illustrated, this book is an interesting and invaluable contribution to Jewish Studies."
— Martin Cohen, Library Journal
 
Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology

$25.95s paper / ISBN 0-8143-2271-9

368 pages

1990 (1978, 1967 by KTAV Publishing House, Inc.)