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12016-11-12T21:34:31-08:00Edward N. Surmanc78fe98336bf045afb251eff111815ab4e99d695101562plain2016-11-16T19:28:23-08:00Edward N. Surmanc78fe98336bf045afb251eff111815ab4e99d695
“In Ugaritic literature the head of the pantheon is El.”1
“El holds the highest position in the Syro-Palestinian pantheon. He is king and father of the gods, specifically the father of Baal. He is wise and benevolent and is generally thought of as a creator god from whose place of residence the fertile waters flow. He is described as having seniority among the gods, but some scholars have considered him to be impotent and no longer of any real consequence in the biblical period.”2
12016-11-13T13:24:03-08:00Edward N. Surmanc78fe98336bf045afb251eff111815ab4e99d695GlossaryEdward N. Surman1plain2016-11-13T13:24:04-08:00Edward N. Surmanc78fe98336bf045afb251eff111815ab4e99d695