The moment
At a remote way-station on the desert road between the Gulf of Aqaba and Gaza, excavators found blessings painted on storage jars and wall plaster that invoke 'Yahweh of Samaria and his asherah' and 'Yahweh of Teman and his asherah', beside the names of El and Baal. Whether asherah here means the goddess or a cult object is still argued, but the finds show early worship of Yahweh sitting within a wider world of gods.