Bethel
deity single tradition · 1
Bethel, meaning 'House of El' or 'House of God' in Hebrew, Phoenician and Aramaic, was the name of a god or an aspect of a god in some ancient Middle Eastern texts dating to the Assyrian, Achaemenid, and Hellenistic periods. The term appears in the Torah and the Christian Bible, but opinions differ as to whether those references are to a god or to a place.
When
- First attested
- 900 BCE
- Attested period
- -900 – -300
- Historical notes
- Attested in Assyrian, Achaemenid, and Hellenistic periods.
Relationships
- consort of
- Anat-Bethel, Anat
- manifested by
- Eshembethel, Ḥerembethel
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“The divine name is found in composite forms Ashim-Bethel and Herem-Bethel in the archives of Elephantine, while Anat-Bethel appears as an epithet of Anat, the consort of Bethel.”
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