Before Christianity... before Judaism..

[RichardP]

Wikipedia is a good place to start for anything because the articles provide lists of notes and sources. Any article which fails to do this is littered with bracketed comments of 'citation needed'.

Here's an example of one of the resources used in an article about Asherah. It's a book published by the Cambridge University Press which belongs to Cambridge University.

The Cult Of Asherah In Ancient Israel and Judah

man has worshiped gods from the beginning
its the default position

I hadn't heard about Asherah. That is interesting. She seems to be a similar theme in various early religions. But we no longer include her.

Here's a reference from Wikipedia on her.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asherah