Tell Halif Syncretism 2

See the comment in Maier (1986:169): "They [the inscriptions at Kuntillet `Ajrud] apparently indicate a syncretistic environment..." Dever (1983:576; 1984:30) classifies Kuntillet `Ajrud as "a highly syncretistic cult."

Bibliography

Dever, William G. 1983. Material Remains and the Cult in Ancient Israel: An Essay in Archaeological Systematics in The Word of the Lord Shall Go Forth: Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman in Celebration of His Sixtieth Birthday. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns.

_____. 1984. Asherah, Consort of Yahweh? New Evidence from Kuntillet Ajrud, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 255 (1984): 21-38.

Maier, III, Walter A. `Asherah: Extrabiblical Evidence. Harvard Semitic Monographs 37. Atlanta: Scholars Press.