Name: Episode 98: Jewish holiday in pagan Ugarit? KTU 1.41 by ReligioSanity
Duration: 24 min 30 s
Description: On the jewish holiday of Shavuot, Pastor Andrew takes us back to the ancient city of Ugarit to discuss KTU141, which is one of the tablets describing rituals for a holiday that could be considered to be the Ugarit equivalent of the Jewish holiday of Shukkot, and he talks about how, for every Hebrew holiday, you can find a Ugarit equivalent from which it was “transferred.”

On the jewish holiday of Shavuot, Pastor Andrew takes us back to the ancient city of Ugarit to discuss KTU141, which is one of the tablets describing rituals for a holiday that could be considered to be the Ugarit equivalent of the Jewish holiday of Shukkot, and he talks about how, for every Hebrew holiday, you can find a Ugarit equivalent from which it was “transferred.”

Episode 98: Jewish holiday in pagan Ugarit? KTU 1.41

"Eshmun is a dark and distant god.  He is feared by mortals, but well respected because of his healing abilities.  He can be symbolized by his rod, the Rod of Eshmun or the Nehushtan (a bronze serpent on a pole), which can be worshiped in its own right when in need of healing.  He is perhaps somewhat more distant than his father Resheph, and unlike his father is not actually responsible for spreading disease.  Instead, he only has domain over healing.  He is not the god he once was in this world, but is now an underworld god and a god with the mysteries of healing and of life and death.  He has gone to the underworld, and is now devoted to his duties as a healer."  -Kohan Benel Mem

Eshmun of Sidon

90 years ago ancient texts were discovered, a "snapshot" of the city of Ugarit. Rev. Stehlik, Th. D. tells us why we should care about this extremely interesting polytheistic ancient literature, and how studying it helped put him on the road to a more open-minded faith.

Episode 1: 90 Years Of Ugarit

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Episode 2:  Genesis Of Monotheism In Hebrew Bible

#Asherah #Goddess, #GreatLady, #QueenofHeaven, #MotherofGods, these are all titles for Asherah, the wife of the god El. 
Pastor Andrew talks about her characteristics and what remnants of her divine persona were carried into the #HebrewBible. Which leads to a conversation about the #genderofGod and divine #androgyny.
#Ugarit #Ugaritic #ANE #Semitic #Polytheism #Monotheism

Episode 4: Asherah, did YHWH really have a wife?

There are even some malevolent gods in the Hebrew bible! Pastor Andrew talks about some of the places where these gods, such as Reshef, have been translated out of the text.

Episode 5: Malevolent gods

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The Rev. Andrew Stehlik, Th.D. (theologian and anthropologist) takes layperson Peter Rinaldi on deep dives into the sources of religious phenomena. We are talking about religion honestly, respectfully and humbly.

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Episode 98: Jewish holiday in pagan Ugarit? KTU 1.41

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