-Caveat Lector-
(I think Ball, Yalweh, and all the other 'gods' were ETs or at least
subterranean-dwelling aliens. So there, God! (Please forgive me and don't
send me to Hell. :-(
Baal
[bA'ul]
Pronunciation Key
Baal , plural Baalim [bA'ulim] [Semitic,=master, lord], name used throughout
the Bible for the chief deity or for deities of Canaan. The term was originally
an epithet applied to the storm god Hadad. Technically, Baal was
subordinate to El. Baal is attested in the Ebla texts (first half of 2d millennium
B.C.). By the time of the Ugarit tablets (14th cent. B.C.), Baal had become
the ruler of the universe. The Ugarit tablets make him chief of the Canaanite
pantheon. He is the source of life and fertility, the mightiest hero, the lord of
war, and the defeater of the god Yam. There were many temples of Baal in
Canaan, and the name Baal was often added to that of a locality, e.g., Baal-
peor, Baal-hazor, Baal-hermon. The Baal cult penetrated Israel and at times
led to syncretism. In the Psalms, Yahweh is depicted as Baal and his
dwelling is on Mt. Zaphon (Zion), the locale of Baal in Canaanite mythology.
The practice of sacred prostitution seems to have been associated with the
worship of Baal in Palestine and the cult was vehemently denounced by the
prophets, especially Hosea and Jeremiah. The abhorrence in which the cult
was held probably explains the substitution of Ish-bosheth for Esh-baal, of
Jerubbesheth for Jerubbaal (a name of Gideon), and of Mephibosheth for
Merib-baal. The substituted term probably means �shame.� The same
abhorrence is evident the use of the pejorative name Baal-zebub (see also
Satan). The Baal of 1 Chronicles is probably the same as Ramah 2. As
cognates of Baal in other Semitic languages there are Bel (in Babylonian
religion) and the last elements in the Tyrian names Jezebel,Hasdrubal, and
Hannibal.
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