[Archaea]

Barney's article is well done and enjoyable.

It discusses how the Israelites were thought to be indigenous peoples to the land of Canaan, and that they were ante-reforms, a polytheistic people, worshiping Elohim, Yaweh, Asherah and Baal. That the reformers sought to eradicate Asherah, which is translated in KJV as "grove" and that the "tree of life" is an homage to the Mother Goddess. Planting a tree in Tanakh times represented a residual worship of the Mother Goddess. Fascinating.