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List of Gods : "Deity Bethel" - 2 records

Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
Deity name "Bethel"	Canaanite	An ancient Canaanite deity which can be found in Jeremiah
God name "Bethel"	Western Semitic / Phoenician	Local tutelary god. Probably of Aramaean or Syrian origin. First mentioned in a fourteenth century treaty between the Hittite king Suppiluliuma and Nigmadu II of Ugarit [Ras Samra]. He appears more regularly on inscriptions from the end of the seventh century BC and enjoyed considerable popularity during the neo-Babylonian period. Bethel is mentioned in the Biblical text of Jeremiah 48.13, implying that some Israelites acknowledged this deity. There is no evidence of links with the historical place names, including that mentioned in Genesis 38.13....

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