Is this the same El?

Did Jacob build an altar and call out to a Canaanite god? The Canaanite god of the morning star. In the Torah Jacob builds an altar in Shechem and devotes it to El Elohe Yisrael (El the god of Israel). In column b you will find five entries for the word EL. However, biblical scholars have long understood that אל is also the proper name of the old chief god in the ancient Canaanite pantheon, El (or Il). Canaanite god, El. The name “Yisra-El”actually contains the theophoric (divine) element, El, which strongly implies that the people of Israel worshiped El during their formative period.

Closeup of the scepter held by the Megiddo god figurine Credit: Courtesy of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago .

This name identifies God as the sovereign ruler of the universe. Eventually, of course, the name EL simply became a general word for 'God' in the Old Testament, and so it is found many times.

If you have purchased the Hebrew lexicon we recommend – A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (click here for link for more info about lexicon) – turn to page 15. El was a generic name for 'god' but was especially used to distinguish the father of the gods as 'the god'. Aglibol, god of the moon and brother of Malakbel. In Genesis 14 we find this name of God used four times in the story of Melchizedek. Besides, we know exactly where the word came from.

1.1., etc.) SOURCE. The Canaanite God 'El' The Mighty Bronze Age Empire - John Fulton, 'A New Chronology - Synopsis of David Rohl's book 'A Test of Time' ' 'In 1964, Dr. Paolo Matthiae, professor of Near East archaeology at the University of Rome began to excavate Tell Mardikh in north-western Syria [forty kilometers south of Aleppo]. BAAL means "lord" and is an euphemism for the Canaanite god HADAD in the same way that the Bible now translated Yahweh as Lord. (Genesis 1:26 KJV) Their image was that of a man: they looked like Adam. There is no archeological evidence that supports the existence of the Old Testament biblical characters like Abraham, Moses, Elijah, Joseph, Jacob, David, Solomon and many others. Its use was not an adaption of a generic word for a deity in Canaan.

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It is a statue of the chief Canaanite god – El. 6 Many of these shrines and altars to El were established by the patriarchs themselves (e.g., Gen 21:33, 28:18, 33:20, 35:14). Not every instance of "El" in the Hebrew Bible necessarily refers to Yahweh's Canaanite predecessor. The two words have nothing in common. El the King of the Canaanite pantheon. Of course we find that the Hebrews borrowed that word to refer to Yehoveh early in the Bible.

Adonis, god of youth, beauty and desire, son of Astarte.In Greek mythology, he is the lover of Aphrodite and Persephone. I am confident that this is not true. El, Canaanite Supreme Deity is the god of Abraham. In the beginning Adam did not know the difference between good and evil. BAAL. El, Canaanite Supreme Deity is the god of Abraham.

Open gallery view . They are all fictional characters used in the Bible allegorical stories. The Canaanite God 'El' The Mighty Bronze Age Empire - John Fulton, 'A New Chronology - Synopsis of David Rohl's book 'A Test of Time' ' 'In 1964, Dr. Paolo Matthiae, professor of Near East archaeology at the University of Rome began to excavate Tell Mardikh in north-western Syria [forty kilometers south of Aleppo]. The Hebrew God and his secondary gods, had the same image: "And God said {to his secondary gods}, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." (We should also note the personal name Elkanah [elqana], 'God [El] has created,' 1 Sam.