This is bad news for Zeus and Baal, but great news for his God. None of this is quite how Thomas Cranmer, the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury, would have put it.

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 ...

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.

Baal, it seems, died out not because—as the Bible has it—he was a false god but because his franchise failed. Popular works have tackled the idea of religions as businesses before.

Serving God can be hard. For some, avoiding God is even harder. Sunday’s readings highlight two servants of the Lord from different eras. One runs away from his ministry as prophet, while the ...

After all, God's nature is a foundational component of Christianity 101. Christian baptism is not baptism into Buddha, or into the Greek god Zeus, or into the Canaanite god Baal.

He was the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who made himself known in the events of history. But this radical break with tradition was not achieved overnight. In the ninth century BCE, the prophet ...

The Israelites are in the toils of a false god, Baal, and harsh enemies, the Midianites. The Angel of the Lord (Fredric March) appears before Gideon (Douglas Campbell) ...

Discover showtimes, read reviews, watch trailers, find streaming options, and see where to watch God Answers by Fire Elijah and the Prophets of Baal (2014). Explore cast details and learn more on ...