This week’s discussion on Goddess Bible Study continues in the 9th century BCE with the Book of Kings. Catching up on posting videos I have stacked up.
In this period, the Yahwist prophets confronted the traditional religion of Baal and the mother goddess Asherah, while the kingdoms of Israel and Judah were embroiled in ongoing wars with their neighbors and turbulent royal succession.
This episode focuses on the prophets Elijah and Elisha, whose influence inspired the bloody coup by Jehu that overthrew the House of Omri in Israel. Queen Jezebel — the most vilified woman in the Bible — was famously assassinated, as was her daughter Athaliah, the only woman to ever rule Jerusalem in her own right.
We are joined in the discussion by our resident pagan priestess Lisa, and the apostate orthodox priest Joshua.
