For Review Only For Review Only WHEN GOD HAD A WIFE For Review Only For Review Only WHEN GOD HAD A WIFE The Fall and Rise of the Sacred Feminine in the Judeo-Christian Tradition For Review Only Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince Bear & Company Rochester, Vermont Bear & Company One Park Street Rochester, Vermont 05767 www.BearandCompanyBooks.com Bear & Company is a division of Inner Traditions International Copyright © 2019 by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard VersFion, ocopyrrig hRt © 2e011 vby Cireosswway Bib leOs, a dnivisilony of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Cataloging-in-Publication Data for this title is available from the Library of Congress ISBN 978-1-59143-370-5 (print) ISBN XXX-X-XXXXX-XXX-X (ebook) Printed and bound in XXXXX 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Text design and layout by Priscilla Baker This book was typeset in Garamond Premier Pro with Futura and Hermann used as display typefaces To send correspondence to the authors of this book, mail a first-class letter to the authors c/o Inner Traditions • Bear & Company, One Park Street, Rochester, VT 05767, and we will forward the communication, or contact the authors directly at www.picknettprince.com. To the new arrivals, and looking toward a more goddess-friendly future: Isaac Samuel Braun Leonardo Milani-Ferris Aurora Elizabeth Beskin Schofield Ada Iona Fearnley Hanison For Review Only For Review Only Contents Acknowledgments 00 INTRODUCTION Bringing Her Back Home 00 1 Out of Egypt 00 For Review Only 2 The Divine Consort 00 3 Israel’s Hidden Priestesses 00 4 Goddesses to Be Reckoned With 00 5 Sophia’s Secrets 00 6 “The Great Revelation” 00 7 Jesus and His Goddess 00 EPILOGUE Equal Rites 00 Notes 00 Bibliography 00 Index 00 For Review Only