Joe Rogan Experience #2562 - Dan McClellan · Aired Oct 7, 2026
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The paired figures at Kuntillet Ajrud probably depict Yahweh and Asherah, according to a majority of scholars.
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The inscription over the figures does read 'Yahweh and his Asherah', and some scholars do think the two figures depict that pair. But the claim of a majority is not supported. The scholar who published the drawings in the excavation report reads them as two male Egyptian Bes figures, and the Biblical Archaeology Society says the drawing was added after the inscription, so the two may be unrelated. Specialist surveys describe the scholarly community as divided. A survey or poll of specialists showing most favor the Yahweh and Asherah reading would flip this verdict.
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Is it true that the paired figures at Kuntillet Ajrud probably depict Yahweh and Asherah, according to a majority of scholars?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. The inscription over the figures does read 'Yahweh and his Asherah', and some scholars do think the two figures depict that pair. But the claim of a majority is not supported. Dan McClellan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2562 - Dan McClellan, aired Oct 7, 2026, at 14:00. The supporting source is biblicalarchaeology.org, linked below.
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