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Posted 12 November 2009 - 12:33 AM

View PostDoug1o29, on 11 November 2009 - 02:50 PM, said:

"Baal" meant "Lord." Biblical translators often used "Lord" where the original likely said "Baal." Other names (usually names of hills or mountains) were added to "Baal" to make the particular version of Baal being worshipped at whatever shrine.

The reference in Deuteronomy is indirect. You have to follow the story carefully and see just who it is that Balaam is talking to (Besides the donkey, that is.).

Baal (Ba-el) and Jehovah were brothers, according to Ugaritic lore. They were both sons of the Great Baal (originally, just El). Jor-el right here on UM still uses the term as part of his handle, so the worship of Baal survives, even if we don't realize we are doing it.
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Ba'al Haddad was clearly identified as a Canannite God and opponent of Yahweh. This is evident, for example in the contest cited in the OT to see which god (Yahweh or Ba'al Haddad, could actually consume their offerings.

This is all the more evidence Yahweh is actually Yam/Yaw of the Canannites. For Yaw is also the opponent of Ba'al Haddad, just as is Yahweh, and both had the hots for Asheroth. Asheroth seems to have been widely worshipped by the Hebrews and even honored in Solomon's temple just as was the flying serpent idol of Yahweh.

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