The ancient Roman historians tell us that Baal was the supreme god of their enemy, Carthage, and that child sacrifice was common in their worship. As a Canaanite god, Baal’s story comes to us in ...

Among the colorful variety of ancient Southwest Asian traditions of gods battling sea monsters is even a Canaanite myth in which the god Baal kills the monstrous sea serpent Litan, whose name and ...