Mentioned in ancient Ugaritic texts dating back before 1200 BC, which were discovered in Ugarit, Syria.
Naming Yahweh this way implies he was tied to specific locales, much like how other Near Eastern gods (e.g., Baal of Ugarit) were linked to cities or regions.
Discovery of Texts:The Baal Cycle was discovered in 1928 at the Bronze Age city of Ugarit.
Canaanite and Ugaritic religion is the old coastal faith of what is now Syria and Lebanon, written on clay at Ugarit.
Ugaritic myth is the story cycle written at Ugarit, the Bronze Age city at Ras Shamra in Syria.
The clay tablets from Ugarit (Ras Shamra, Syria) preserve the Baal Cycle.
Smith, in Stories from Ancient Canaan, place Baal’s home on Mount Zaphon north of Ugarit.
The objective is to explore the Baal Legend, also known as the Baal Cycle or Baal Myth, which is a collection of ancient literature discovered on tablets in the city of Ugarit, located north of Israel.
The Baal Cycle was discovered on tablets at Ras Shamra in Ugarit and reveals the Canaanite religious influence that was a significant temptation for ancient Israel.
The Baal Cycle was discovered on tablets at Ras Shamra in Ugarit, providing insight into Canaanite beliefs.
Much of what is known about Baal comes from the Ugaritic texts discovered at the ancient city of Ugarit (modern-day Ras Shamra in Syria).
The Baal Cycle was discovered in 1928 (during excavations starting in the late 1920s) at the ancient city of Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra, northern Syria).
In the Baal Cycle from Ugarit (14th–13th centuries BCE), he fights chaos gods like Yam (sea) and Mot (death).
Ancient Northwest Semitic Texts: These texts, including those from Ugarit, often reference similar beings in the context of funerary rituals and the cult of the dead.