A 3,000-year-old temple, built by the Canaanites around the time of the ancient Israelite invasion, has been unearthed in southern Israel. The discoveries include an idol of the Canaanite god Baal ...

Readers of the Bible are probably familiar with the god, Baal, who was one of the chief rivals of the Hebrew God. The term “baal” appears over 90 times in the Hebrew Bible. Perhaps the best ...

But the term was used in a specific manner for the Canaanite storm god who was a rival to the ancient Hebrew God of Israel. For the record, most people pronounce the name Baal to rhyme with pail.

An ancient 3,200-year-old Canaanite temple has been discovered in Israel which was part of a biblical city destroyed by Joshua. Inside, archaeologists found various statues of different gods ...

Two Washington Nationals Anibal Sanchez and Asdrubal Cabrera were named for the Canaanite god Baal. Here's the backstory to that factoid.

Rare ‘smiting gods’ among artifacts found at 12th century BCE Canaanite temple Once-in-a-career Bronze Age findings from Lachish described as ‘breathtaking’ by archaeologist Yosef ...

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA—According to a statement released by Macquarie University, a 3,300-year-old bronze figurine of the Canaanite god Baal, a bronze calf statue, two seals, and Canaanite and ...

As a Canaanite god, Baal’s story comes to us in a set of tablets discovered in 1928 at Ras Shamra, north of Syria on the Mediterranean coast.