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The Baal Cycle: The Art of the Epic of Baal Paperback – April 26, 2013

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Baal, Ashtoreth, Dagon, Molech and Asherah are Canaanite gods who are frequently mentioned in the Holy Bible. Who did the Canaanites believe these gods to be? Why did Israelites make idols of Golden Calves? What was an “Asherah Pole”? What were the “pagan ways” that the prophets of the Lord warned the Israelites not to emulate? Knowing the answers to these questions can deepen one’s understanding of the Holy Bible. In 1929 important texts were discovered at Ras Shamra in Syria that told the story of the Canaanite gods. These Ugaritic texts, along with other ancient sources, help us to reconstruct the beliefs of the ancient Canaanites and widen our understanding of the Sacred Scriptures. This book is an illustrated version and extended edition of the story of the “Epic of Baal the God of Thunder.”
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Stephen Missick is the author of "The Ennead," "The Epic of Baal the God of Thunder," and "Christ the Man."

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (April 26, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 184 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1484828224
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1484828229
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.21 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.42 x 11 inches
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Stephen A Missick
5.0 out of 5 stars The ancient Canaanite myths come alive in the Baal Cycle
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2015
This book is a re-telling of stories from ancient Canaan based on the Ugaritic texts and other ancient sources such as Sanchuniathon. This is an illustrated book and contains an appendix that discusses details about the ancient texts and lists more academic sources. This book can dispel confusion about what the Canaanites believed (with widespread confusion about Nimrod, Semiramis, and sun-worship). Reading this book will help clear up many erroneous views that many people have about ancient Canaanite religion. Coogan's short book is a good introduction but this version of "The Baal Cycle" attempts to introduce the wider Canaanite world view. (Coogan great book translates fragments from Ugarit. With "The Baal Cycle" the author attempts to tell the wider story of Canaanite mythology.) Most books written about Canaanite mythology are academic and are written in a way that is not accessible to the general public. This book is an attempt to rectify that problem. This book will help the reader understand the deeply ingrained polytheism that the Hebrew prophets struggled against for centuries and will help readers to understand the cultural background to the Old Testament. The author did use creative license at times to create a coherent narrative and he discusses this in the commentary. That being said almost everything in this book is derived from ancient sources.
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Tracey Yoo
4.0 out of 5 stars Yes sir.
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2021
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Very nice. Following up after another read of the same subject material. Canaanite pantheon is a very interesting subject. Read on.
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Nyx
4.0 out of 5 stars Surprising
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2020
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Better then I expected. I like the illustrations. Not much out there. These gods have been stuck in a era. We need to bring them back to light. Good companion the the actual book.
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CW
1.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2014
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I do not recommend this book to any one because the book does not contain the actual stories; it is combination of stories from Mesopotamian and Canaanite stories. It is plagiarized. I recommend people to read Micheal D. Coogan and Mark S. Smith for the actual stories. This book will only cause confusion and misinformation. These are historical documents and you cannot just fill the stories with other stories and claim them as your imagination.
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Yahu
4.0 out of 5 stars Very Illuminating
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2019
I found the book very helpful in clearing up many concepts.

I don't agree with all of it. I knew a modern day high priestess of Ashtoreth that explained many of the mysteries to me many years ago.

According to her, Asherah was Naamah, Noah's wife and her daughter Ashtoreth was a Nephilim daughter by one of the former guardians of Eden. She was born after Canaan castrated Noah. Ashtoreth was the daughter of Hadad/Zeus. She was Artemis as a youth and Aphrodite (by her Greek names) as an adult but had her worship conducted under both personas. The twins Artemis and Apollo were born with wings but had them removed by Yah to limit their perceived glory.

The 70 sons of El and Asherah were the nations of Noah's descent. Many Canaanite references to El are in fact just ancestor worship of Noah.

After the four angels that guarded Eden also fell into error post flood they were locked up and imprisoned at the Euphrates river. Asherah, mother of all mankind and the divine twins rules over the spirits of man in sheol while the twin share power with one ruling the day while the other the night. One of Ashtoreth's sons is the lesser of their unholy trinity, the spirit of Nimrod, ie the anti-christ spirit. These four took over the realms of the four angels because Yah gave dominion over the Earth to man.

The Canaanites had two pantheons, the ancestors descent of Noah and Naamah/Asherah as well as the four angels that had offspring post flood and these pantheons overlap with Ashtoreth and Molech, the divine twins.

Anath was Ashtoreth's half sister, ie Athena who was of pure angelic descent who refused to marry in violation of Yah's law but became a war goddess after she was raped and impregnated. She castrated her son to stop further violations of Yah's law. It was this son that was a judge of Israel.
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