Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Baal

Ba'al with raised arm, 14th-12th century BC,
found at Ras Shamra (ancient Ugarit), Louvre
Photograb: wikipedia

This article presents Baal in the Ugaritic texts which would give us a good background to understand the Baal polemics in Hosea 2. Click on this "Baalism in Canaanite Religion andIts Relation to Selected Old Testament Texts" Greg Herrick Th.M., Ph.D.

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