Baʿal Berith
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Baʿal Berith (Hebrew: בעל ברית, lit. 'Baʿal of the Covenant') is a title of a god worshiped in Shechem, in ancient Canaan, according to the Bible. The term for "covenant" (Hebrew: ברית, romanized: bərīt) appears also in Ugaritic texts (second millennium BCE) as brt (𐎁𐎗𐎚), in connection with Baʿal.
When
- First attested
- 2000 BCE
- Attested period
- -2000 – 0
- Historical notes
- Attested in Ugaritic texts (second millennium BCE).
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Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“According to the Admirable History written by Sébastien Michaëlis in 1612, Baʿal Berith once possessed a nun in Aix-en-Provence. In the process of the exorcism, Baʿal Berith volunteered not only his own name and the names of all the other demons possessing her, but the names of the saints who would be most effective in opposing them.”
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