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Judahite Pillar Figurines More Questions than Answers
Who did these Judahite Pillar Figurines represent, and what was their 
function? These remain major puzzles. The most popular suggestion, 
summarized by Raz Kletter, is that they represent the goddess Asherah (Kletter 
1996, 75-76). Other suggestions include the goddesses Astarte and Anath (Dever 
1982, 38; Hestrin 1987), or simple mortal women (Kletter 1996, 73-74). If any of 
these is the case, is this evidence of the presence of a non-Yahwistic cult 
operating in Jerusalem during the Fi...