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The references given are:

John V' pid='398338' dateline='1360340533']10.^ Ze’ev Meshel, Kuntillet ‘Ajrud: An Israelite Religious Center in Northern Sinai, Expedition 20 (Summer 1978), pp. 50–55

This is a document published by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

11.^ a b Dever 2005

This is a book by an American archaeologist, specialising in the history of Israel and the Near East in Biblical times.

12.^ Hadley 2000, pp. 122–136

This is a book published by the Cambridge University Press.

The list of references for the full article is -

Binger, Tilde (1997), Asherah: Goddesses in Ugarit, Israel and the Old Testament, Continuum International Publishing Group, ISBN 9781850756378
Dever, William G. (2005), Did God Have A Wife?: Archaeology And Folk Religion In Ancient Israel, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, ISBN 9780802828521
Hadley, Judith M (2000), The cult of Asherah in ancient Israel and Judah : the evidence for a Hebrew goddess, University of Cambridge Oriental publications, 57, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521662352
Kien, Jenny (2000), Reinstating the divine woman in Judaism, Universal Publishers, ISBN 9781581127638
Long, Asphodel P. (1993), In a chariot drawn by lions: the search for the female in deity, Crossing Press, ISBN 9780895945754
Myer, Allen C. (2000), "Asherah", Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, Amsterdam University Press
Patai, Raphael (1990), The Hebrew goddess, Jewish folklore and anthropology., Wayne State University Press, ISBN 9780814322710
Reed, William Laforest (1949), The Asherah in the Old testament, Texas christian university press, OCLC 491761457
Taylor, Joan E (1995), The Asherah, the Menorah and the Sacred Tree, Journal for the study of the Old Testament. no. 66: University of Sheffield, Dept. of Biblical Studies, p. 29–54, ISSN 03090892, OCLC 88542166
Wiggins, Steve A (1993), A reassessment of 'Asherah' : a study according to the textual sources of the first two millennia B.C.E, Alter Orient und Altes Testament, Bd. 235., Verlag Butzon & Bercker, ISBN 9783788714796

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