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    Elijah (redirect from Saint Elias, prophet)
    and Elias. In modern times, much Greek folklore also connects Elias with the sun. In Greece, chapels and monasteries dedicated to Prophet Elias (Προφήτης...
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    Simon the Zealot (Acts 1:13, Luke 6:15), also the Canaanite or the Canaanean (Matthew 10:4, Mark 3:18; Ancient Greek: Σίμων ὁ Κανανίτης; Coptic: ⲥⲓⲙⲱⲛ...
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    Baal (redirect from Ba'al (Canaanite god))
    Yahweh among the Israelites. A minority propose that Baʿal was a native Canaanite deity whose cult was identified with or absorbed aspects of Adad's. Regardless...
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    'l-h-m which is found in Ugaritic, where it is used as the pantheon for Canaanite gods, the children of El, and conventionally vocalized as "Elohim". Most...
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    also known in Arabic as Mount Mar Elias (Arabic: جبل مار إلياس, romanized: Jabal Mār Ilyās, lit. 'Mount Saint Elias/Elijah'), is a coastal mountain range...
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    simultaneously. Jacques Collin de Plancy wonders if Bael is the same as the Canaanite deity Baal, a reasonable assumption. In the Livre des Esperitz, Bael (as...
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    of fertility, worshipped by the Canaanites as Leḥem.[citation needed] Some time in the third millennium BCE, Canaanites erected a temple on the hill now...
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  • University Press, 1948. Driver, Godfrey Rolles (1956, 2nd ed., 1971). Canaanite Myths and Legends (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark Klaas A. D. Smelik...
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    modern-day Lebanese individuals "derive most of their ancestry from a Canaanite-related population". This finding "implies substantial genetic continuity...
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    Aswad Yarmukian culture Ancient Syria Amorites Akkadian Empire Arameans Canaanites Middle Assyrian Empire Ebla Yamhad Qatna Mari Ugarit Aram-Damascus Syro-Hittite...
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    generally thought to derive from the Canaanite word rēḥ 'fragrant', but other theories hold that it originates in the Canaanite word Yaraḥ 'moon' or the name...
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  • The Patriarchal Monastery of Saint Elias – Shwayya (or Deir Mar Elias Shwayya; Arabic: دير مار إلياس شويّا البطريركيّ) is a stauropegic monastery of the...
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    after the death of his father. The name or title Abimelech is formed from Canaanite words for "father" and "king," and may be interpreted in a variety of...
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    in Lebanon. See Elias H. Tuma, Haim Darin-Drabkin, The Economic case for Palestine, London: Croom Helm, 1978, p 48. Interview with Elias Sanbar. Claude...
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    intention here was to "emancipated Canaanite slaves", in which case, he takes the word literally as meaning Canaanite. Al-Dhahiri, Zechariah. Sefer Ha-Musar...
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  • inhabitated the mountainous regions of Lebanon speaking Aramaic while the Canaanites on the coast spoke Phoenician. During the prominence of the Neo-Assyrian...
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    Aswad Yarmukian culture Ancient Syria Amorites Akkadian Empire Arameans Canaanites Middle Assyrian Empire Ebla Yamhad Qatna Mari Ugarit Aram-Damascus Syro-Hittite...
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  • short by normal epic standards. Both songs are compared by scholars to Canaanite and Assyrian epic poetry. There are a few medieval and later works, some...
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    were descended from ancient Middle Eastern peoples such as the Arameans, Canaanites, Hittites, and Mardaites. Many prominent Alawite tribes are also descended...
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    Aswad Yarmukian culture Bronze Age Amorites Akkadian Empire Arameans Canaanites Middle Assyrian Empire Ebla Nagar Yamhad Qatna Mari Ugarit Emar Late Bronze...
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    commentators explain that Bal'am bin Ba'ura (Arabic: بلعام بن باعوراء) was a Canaanite who had been given knowledge of some of the books of God. His people asked...
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    usurping the divine nature.: 41  Religion portal Society portal Ancient Canaanite religion Ancient Semitic religion Atenism Baháʼí Faith and the unity of...
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    Later, in 900 BCE, the Qedarites enjoyed close relations with the nearby Canaanite and Aramaean states, and their territory extended from Lower Egypt to...
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  • 19th century, research into Finnish folklore intensified. Scholars like Elias Lönnrot, J.F. Cajan, M.A. Castrén, and D.E.D. Europaeus travelled around...
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    historical layering of languages previously spoken in the region, including Canaanite, Hebrew (both Biblical and Mishnaic), Aramaic (especially Western Aramaic)...
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    17th century BCE, Jerusalem had developed into a fortified city under Canaanite rule, with massive walls protecting its water system. During the Late...
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    Anna (Ἅννα) The Phoenician (Punic) name Hannibal derives from the same Canaanite root and means "My grace is Baal". In the Books of Samuel of the Hebrew...
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    according to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Izra was a Canaanite city mentioned in the Bible as Zorava, Zorowa or Zorabene. Located 80 km...
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    captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad...
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    Jazeera. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Fisk, B. N. (2019). "Canaanite genocide and Palestinian Nakba in conversation: A postcolonial exercise...
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