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What is baal worship?

The name "Baal" translates as master, in Hebrew. There are only fragmentary reports surviving of some middle eastern deity named Baal, who presumably was worshipped with the s… (MORE)

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Is Baal real?

A: Gods are real to those who believe in them, and not real to those who do not believe. Keel and Uehlinger ( Gods, Goddesses and Images of God in Ancient Israel ) say that Y… (MORE)

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Who were Baal and Astarte?

Baal ('Lord') was the West Semitic storm god. Eventually there were many Baalim, including, for example, Baal-hanan. There are numerous references to the Hebrew worship of Baa… (MORE)

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Who is Baal in The Bible?

The term 'baal' by itself is first noted in the time of Moses asa place of pagan worship circa mid 15th Century B.C.: Numbers 22:41 New King James Version (NKJV) Balaam's…First Prophecy 41 So it was, the next day, that Balak tookBalaam and brought him up to the high places of Baal , thatfrom there he might observe the extent of the people. Some historians and biblical scholars have determined that this'title' was given to Nimrod (Ninus) and means 'The Lord.' Hisfather Cush was called 'Bel' which means 'The Confounder' and hetoo may have also been called Baal. This was the time of the firstapostasy post the world-wide Flood. As the name baal developed further by Hosea' time, it became themost important deity of the Canaanite pantheon - one who blessesthe continuance of human life, and preserves the social order. Afertility deity and provider of children, bringer of rains andmakes crops grow, who could defeat the enemies of the devotees.Baal could overcome the other deities of 'Yamm,' the god of thechaotic sea and 'Mot' the god of death and the underworld. Yet the God of Israel, Yahweh, actively opposed this falsereligious system from the very beginning of Israel's history. OnlyHe is God and Israel's rightful King (see Exodus 15). Only He hassovereignty over the elements of the storm (Exodus 9 and 24 etals)and demonstrated His powers over the chaotic seas and the realm ofthe dead (Exodus 15). And only He could provide children to theinfertile (see 1 Samuel 2:5). The attack of baalism climaxed with Elijah on Mount Carmel -proving God's authority as the only real God (1Kings 18: 38, 39).Yet, physical Israel continued to fall back to their sensual nature- attraction to the base of human nature vis-a-vis the strictobedience to the moral and ethical standards of God's Law. Wehumans usually take the easy road and are double-minded meaning wewant our cake and to eat it as well - say we follow God but do ourdesires right or wrong. One day in the future as the Bible says,the Laws of God will be written upon each new heart (see Ezekiel11:19; Hebrews 8:10) and the firstfruits will be there to see weall follow it and not the ways of this world's god - ha Satan. Answer: "Baal" in Hebrew means master or owner. This idolatrousweather-deity was depicted with differing imagery in variouslocales, so the plural "baalim" ("baals") is sometimes used (Judges3:7). So we find baal-zephon (Exodus 14:2), baal peor (Numbers25:3), beelzebub (2 Kings 1:16), baal-berith (Judges 9:4), baalbeq(short for baal beqaa, lord of the Valley), baal-gad, baal-hamon,baal-hazor, baal-hermon, etc. Worship of the baal occurred intermittently among Israelites, butthey were aware that they weren't supposed to be doing that. Whenthings got bad, they habitually returned to the One God of theirfathers (Judges 3:9, 3:15, 6:6, 10:10). (MORE)

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How did they worship Baal?

A: Keel and Uehlinger ( Gods, Goddesses and Images of God in Ancient Israel ) say that Yahweh (YHWH) and Baal were almost synonymous in Israel during Iron Age IIB, the perio… (MORE)

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Who was the god Baal?

A: Baal was one of the most important West Semitic gods, worshipped as the High god among Phoenicians, but also important in Judah, Israel, Aram and elsewhere. In early times… (MORE)

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Did the Baal Shem Tov have a surname?

Jewish names traditionally do not have surnames, just first name 'son of ('ben' in Hebrew)' father's name. So the Bal Shem Tov's name was Israel ben (son of, not short for 'Be… (MORE)

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What is the meaning of Baal of Peor?

A: Baal of Peor was a Moabite god, whose temple was on the mountain of Peor. In ancient times, gods were often referred to by reference to the location of their temple. Just … (MORE)

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What is Baal etymology?

Baal (read 'Bail') comes from old Albanian language: Ba ill, it means father star. In the old times used to pray to the stars. Even Albanians were called Yllirians. Which ha… (MORE)

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What do you mean by baal?

I don't mean anything by it. In the Semitic languages of theancient middle east, it meant something like "Lord" and was apretty common word used to refer to various tutelary g… (MORE)