The typical 30-year fixed jumbo mortgage rate fell 4 basis points to 4.15 percent. The average 5/1 adjustable mortgage rate increased 1 basis point to 3.46 percent. A basis point is one-hundredth of 1 percent. For the purposes of Bankrate's survey, a jumbo mortgage is a loan that is at least $650,000. With a 5/1 ARM, the rate is fixed for five years and adjusted annually thereafter.
God had a wife, Asherah, whom the Book of Kings suggests was worshiped alongside Yahweh in his temple in Israel, according to an Oxford scholar. 1  In 1967, Raphael Patai was the first historian to mention that the ancient Israelites worshiped both Yahweh and Asherah.
Also significant, Stavrakopoulou believes, is the Bible's admission that the goddess Asherah was worshiped in Yahweh's Temple in Jerusalem. In the Book of Kings, we're told that a statue of Asherah was housed in the temple and that female temple personnel wove ritual textiles for her..