Ba'al: The Archaeology of God's Rival

The Bible holds particular animus for two foreign gods in the Bible - Ba'al and Asherah. Today we're going to look at Baal in the Bible and in the archaeological record. We'll look at some textual evidence but also at what archaeology, particularly from Ugarit, can tell us about the storm god Ba'al. We'll try to see why the Bible has such strong negative perceptions of Ba'al when the ancient world was filled with other deities - so why the hate for Ba'al in particular?
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If you are interested in learning more about this topic we suggest you start here:
John Day, Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 265. New York: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002.
Cornelius, Izak. The Iconography of the Canaanite Gods Reshef and Ba’al: Late Bronze Age and Iron Age I Periods (c 1550 - 1000 BCE). Fribourg, Switzerland / Göttingen, Germany: University Press / Vandenhoeck Ruprecht: 1994.
Green, Alberto R. W. The Storm-God in the Ancient Near East. Biblical and Judaic Studies Vol. 8. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2003.
www.zora.uzh.c... for an open access copy of the Cornelius study.
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00:00 Elijah and the Prophets of Ba'al
01:41 Ba'al - how do you say it?
02:44 Ba'al in the Bible
04:28 Ba'al in Israelites names?
07:28 A name or a title?
10:32 Ba'al in the ancient world
11:41 How to understand the Ba'al cycle
15:14 4 Ways Ba'al is depicted
18:19 How this helps read the Bible
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[@lightningcat22]

This channel needs more attention

[@TabithaElkins]

Excellent video! BTW, you claimed that Ba'al was beardless, but it seems that the depiction shows a cleft beard with no mustache.

[@Faithdude95]

Was just reading about the 7 thunders in Revelation and a lil nugget in Psalm you just dropped. Thx

[@js1423]

Chaoskampf: Baal vs Yam, Marduk vs Tiamat, Zeus vs Typhon, Indra vs Vritra, Perun vs Veles, Thor vs Jörmungandr

[@vesper8385]

Yahweh vs Leviathan

[@js1423]

@@vesper8385 Yeah, but in the context outside the Bible. Also, Tezcatlipoca vs Cipactli among the Aztecs

[@familyfirst360]

I think the whole concept is the comparison of two opposites...light and dark...man and woman...sun and moon... positive and negative...but to make a long story short the true test is to embrace both opposites to make a perfect balance

[@fallenstate5933]

@@familyfirst360 That's the pagan concept

[@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69]

Prisca Theologia

[@brodarbinisangmadarbinsang1193]

God bless you.(from India)

[@skywalker9770]

Great channel thankyou

[@redsamson5185]

in rabbinical jewish prayer, G-d is referred to as “Master” or “Husband.”

[@Dybbouk]

Psalm 58 has been interpreted as a hymn to Baal, given references to thunder

[@amyk6403]

Another great video!

[@carlanderson2468]

People praise Ba'al every day when the say the word Lord in prayer. Ba'al literally means Lord.

[@Dybbouk]

Interesting the conflation of Baal and Yahvé. I read the other day that this was was a particularity of the northern kingdom. In Israel Yahvé is often associated with bulls like Baal.

[@redsamson5185]

the bull is also a symbol of the letter Aleph, and the G-d of Ysrael sits upon the throne of El

[@truthbehindthelie7511]

Odin myth, Baldur could this be Baal? Just asking...

[@truthbehindthelie7511]

Before Maat. She was called Bat! The Bat of two faces who saves and saves herself!

[@MorehNuriYahuTheLevite]

YeshaYahu-Isaiah, EliYahu-Elijah, YeermehYahu-Jeremiah.
You mentioned "theophoric" and I wanted to point out that "YAH" in Hebrews names was just one manifestation of a so-called theophoric and "YAHU" was the other.

[@TheRealTomahawk]

So then there’s a connection between Ba’al and Osiris

[@TheRealTomahawk]

Wow and Saul’s sons were all beheaded

[@zaneblack1132]

Baal is the Son of yhwh and ishtar

[@alisonholland7531]

Well YHWH and Baal were both gods in the same pantheon - YHWH was the God of Metallurgy the son of El Elyon

[@Bigbudda12]

Popular bull.

[@BeneaththeBible]

Yes, Ba’al was popular, and often represented with bull imagery.

[@mo-215]

@@BeneaththeBible lol. Witty.

[@truthbebold4009]

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