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The errors listed therein range from implausible syncretism to reading texts implausibly to demonstrating a poor knowledge of Hebrew-and this list is not exhaustive. A list of 74 items, some containing multiple, related errors, it is included below as an appendix.

In his efforts to support his ideas Graves bends the facts and dissembles to a degree that any student of Judaism should recognize that he is making clearly false claims. I know practically nothing about Welsh poetry, but I do know quite a lot about Judaism. (E.g., they do not appear either explicitly or implicitly in Biblical Archaeology Review, even to disparage or refute them.) These ideas reportedly originated with the anthropologist Sir James George Frazer in his The Golden Bough (the next step back planned in my reading from The Hebrew Goddess )-and to be sure, they seem to be completely forgotten by historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists these days. In parallel with changes in government go changes in religious stories. Graves alleges that in time the sacred kings were able to extend their reign and even usurp their wives by offering substitute victims, eventually leading to patriarchy. The god dies, and he is reborn as the son of the goddess. The god is in love with the goddess, and he fights for her with another god who his other self.

In parallel with this form of government goes a religious story of a (male) god and a (female) goddess. This king would rule for a year, he would be sacrificially killed, and a new king would replace him. Every year, a queen would take a new husband, a sacred king who was ritually lamed. He believes that in the distant past, at least in Europe, human society was matriarchal. Graves’s framework is unusual, to say the least. Having reached a stage where the review is more or less presentable, I present it without further adieu: 2) I have been working on a review of Robert Graves’s The White Goddess, which is a decidedly nontrivial book. This is has been due to two factors: 1) I have had a respiratory infection, which is not conducive to getting much of anything done. I would like to apologize for having not posted anything for about three weeks. Worthy causes of the day: “ Call on ABC News to drop Andrew Breitbart”, “ Tell ABC News: Don't give Andrew Breitbart a platform to spread his lies.”, “ Jewish Rights on the Temple Mount - Petition Spot”, “ Unite Deserving Dads and Their Children! - The Petition Site”, “ Stop Iceland's Cruel Whale Slaughter - Take Action Today The Rainforest Site”, “ Stop the Yellowstone Bison Slaughter - Take Action Today The Animal Rescue Site”, and “ Take Action: The Senate Must Act!”. Bob Crane (Night of a Thousand Screams) (Church of the SubGenius), Reformation Day (Christianity), Hallowmass/Festival of Liberty (Ritual of the Elements) (Thelema), Samhain (Neopaganism). Today’s holidays: Thirty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time ( Roman Catholicism), St. Jewish date: 23 Marḥeshwan 5771 (Parashath Toledhoth).