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EXODUS 3: MOSES AND THE BURNING BUSH

Summery

The burning Bush

In the Ancient Near East the tree was a manifestation of Asherah. The burning bush was originally a place of worship to this Goddess, the Queen of Heaven. The fire which never consumed the bush is a symbol of sexuality and eroticism which belongs to this Goddess.

The God of the Fathers

Yahweh is presented in this short text as a god who takes different ideas. Especially, Yahweh as God of the Fathers is interesting, because a few chapters later the God of the Fathers is named "El Shaddaj". "El Shaddaj" means "God of Breasts", the attribute of a goddess. Therefore the ancestors worshiped a mother goddess.

The Comparision with the Paradise

Both story of the burning bush as this of Eve in Paradise are about a important tree and a serpent. Also the names Yahweh and Hawjah (Eve) are so similar that we can allude to the same deity.

The Patriarchal Mental Awareness

The author describes the meeting between Moses and the burning bush as a miracle indeed, but the mystical and magical aspect disappears almost entirely. From the erotic celebration, which took place under trees, is no longer perceived, too.

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Text and Design: Esther Keller-Stocker, Horgen, Zürich (Switzerland)
25.01.2010, esther@estherkeller.ch