Yahweh's Wife: Sex in the Evolution of Monotheism : A Study of Yahweh, Asherah, Ritual Sodomy and Temple Prostitution (Woman in History)

Examines the evolution of monotheism and the forces of sex that propelled it out of pantheons and pantries, overturning alters of foreign gods, pogroming pagan priests in genocidic wars while reshaping Hebrew theology and emasculating the good of human sexuality on the altar of religion.