abs@rdin.UUCP (Andrew Siegel) (08/10/84)
> I will go home and look this up, but I beleive there were one or more > female Jewish deities, but knowlege and discussion of these were > supressed as time and patriarchal history went on... > > Anyone else have info on this? > > -Karen Pickens > UCSD I can tell you definitively, Karen... NO! One of THE most important aspects of Judaism is monotheism. We believe in a single God. Period. It has been this way since Abraham first recognized God's existence. Since Abraham's forebears (and most of his contemporaries) were idol worshippers, they may have worshipped female gods. But they were not, nor were they ever considered, Jews. Andrew Siegel philabs!rdin!abs