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6 matches to Baal
Baal. 20-8C BC. Canaanite fertility god. King of gods. Condemned by Hebrews. =Zeus.
Ba’al Shem-Tov. 1700-60. Polish founder of Hasidism. Holiness of ordinary existence.
Elija. 9C BC. Hebrew prophet. Ended worship of Baal.
Hasidism. 18C-. Jewish sect founded by Eliezer, called Ba’al Shem-Tov. Stresses good-heartedness over scholarship, mystical approach to God.
Jezebel. -c843BC. “Wicked” wife of Ahab. Worshipped Baal.