"Yahweh’s
Divorce from the Goddess Asherah in the Garden of Eden"
or
Was the Garden of Eden story created to
dishonor and defame Asherah?
The Garden of Eden story is a recycling of standard Mesopotamian myths.
It is no accident that the narrative includes a sacred Tree of Life (one of Asherah’s attributes) and a serpent (another one of Asherah’s attributes).
By deliberately interweaving Asherah representations into the Garden of Eden story, the authors were able to successfully defame Eve/Asherah – the Feminine component of religious worship.
Author Arthur George presents addresses this further in “Yahweh’s Divorce from the Goddess Asherah in the Garden of Eden."