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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/7779| Title: | On the Rise and Fall of Canaanite Religion at Baalbek: A Tale of Five Toponyms |
| Authors: | Steiner, Richard |
| Keywords: | Baalbek toponyms Valley of Idolatry Valley of Weeping Spring of Weeping |
| Issue Date: | 2009 |
| Publisher: | Society of Biblical Literature [Society Publisher] |
| Citation: | Steiner, Richard C. “On the Rise and Fall of Canaanite Religion at Baalbek: A Tale of Five Toponyms,” _Journal of Biblical Literature_, vol. 128, no. 3 (Fall 2009): 507-525 |
| Series/Report no.: | Journal of Biblical Literature;128(3) |
| Abstract: | In this article, I shall attempt to show that the rise and fall of Canaanite religion at Baalbek from the Bronze Age to the Byzantine period can be traced with the help of five toponyms: (1) Mbk Nhrm (Source of the Two Rivers),4 (2) בקעת און (Valley of Idolatry), (3) בעל בכי (Baal of Weeping), (4) עין בכי (Spring of Weeping), and (5) Bclbk/Baclabakku (Baal-Bacchus). All of these are Semitic; the Greek name of Baalbek, Heliopolis, will not be discussed.5 |
| Description: | Scholarly article |
| URI: | https://www.academia.edu/44013809/Richard_C_Steiner_On_the_Rise_and_Fall_of_Canaanite_Religion_at_Baalbek_A_Tale_of_Five_Toponyms_Journal_of_Biblical_Literature_vol_128_no_3_Fall_2009_507_525 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/7779 |
| ISSN: | Print: 0021-9231 Electronic: 1934-3876 |
| Appears in Collections: | Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies (BRGS): Faculty Publications |
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