The relationship between Canaanite religion and the religion of the Old Testament is discussed in two articles in earlier issues of CHRISTIANITY TODAY (Cyrus H. Gordon, “Higher Critics and Forbidden ...
For generations, the biblical story has been associated with the worship of one God—but ancient archaeology reveals a far ...
The story doesn’t have to be a stumbling block, but we should approach it with fear and trembling. There is a problem with the Old Testament. At a key juncture in salvation history, the God of Abraham ...
Foundation deposits at the Sphinx Temple and multiple stelae at Giza directly link the Great Sphinx to Hauron, a Canaanite falcon deity, with inscriptions addressing it as "Hauron-Horemakhet" ...
In this series, I have been defending a literalist view of the Israelites’ conquest of Canaan. This series was prompted by an interview William Lane Craig did with the YouTube atheist, Alex O’Connor.
The Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition seems to have monotheistic faith as a common thread. However, modern literary criticism of the Hebrew Bible and archaeological research in ancient Israelite ...
This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Sign up here to get Haaretz’s free Daily Brief newsletter delivered to your inbox. “All the dust of the land became ...
In the Bible, Baal is not a single individual but rather a complex figure with various connotations. Baal is primarily associated with a group of ancient Semitic deities worshipped in the region, ...
The Canaanite fertility god Baal is best-known in the West as a rival to the biblical god Yahweh. "Museum Pieces" is a diary series that explores the history behind some of the most interesting museum ...