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El is just a general word for any god. Not for the Jewish God.

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El is being conflated with Yaweh. This is like saying Thor is Yaweh because he's called a god and so is Yaweh. The El page simply doesn't support this reading. El is just a general term for any god. The idea that Yaweh was split from a Cainenite pantheon seems fringe. Especially in light of Jewish distaste for pantheism. Tiggy The Terrible (talk) 14:00, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

For us WP:FRINGE is generally speaking defined by WP:CHOPSY. In other words, Yahweh cannibalizing his father El is not fringe, your POV is fringe. tgeorgescu (talk) 14:12, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
None of this is the subject of the article, and I've removed this stuff from the lead, where it was undue. Iskandar323 (talk) 15:28, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed section: Evolution into Israelite Religion

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Given that the Canaanite religious system was subject to a cultural evolution that ultimately resulted in the earliest forms of the Israelite religious system, think there should be a section on this page that covers the elements of this socio-religious transformation in the region. Mistamystery (talk) 21:56, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If you have any sources that sounds like a great idea, especially since it's so heavily referenced in the bible QueerCB97 (talk) 19:58, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely agree. I don't know how to add it to the page, but a good source is The Early History of God : Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel by Mark Smith. 76.113.21.168 (talk) 19:41, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely agree! 45.244.45.47 (talk) 20:45, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

source n°27 is broken

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The link doesn't work anymore 2A01:CB00:8BDE:6400:9046:F2E9:872E:5097 (talk) 15:57, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

YHWH removed

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Does anyone knows why YHWH from the list of dieties was removed? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canaanite_religion&diff=prev&oldid=1220830800 Viceversa r (talk) 20:49, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Probably the typical touchiness. Yahweh worshippers are called different from Canaanites in the canon. I re-added.
Temerarius (talk) 01:34, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jean Bottéro ref of Eblaite Ya

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I'd like to read this one, can we add a cite to help? Temerarius (talk) 01:36, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Eretz & Shamayim

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It appears that these two putative Canaanite deities, Eretz (Primordial Goddess of Land) & Shamayim (Primordial God of Sky/Heavens) were removed from the list due to lack of sources. This is fine as there really doesn't seem to be much information on these two concepts as divine entities.

However, given the existence of a correlation between ancient Greek religion and Canaanite/Punic, it does present the case for a Gaia & Uranus analog in Canaanite Mythology to have existed.

I came across a website that has this to say regarding 'Shamayim': "Shamayim and Eretz were attested in the 8th century BCE Sefire steles, as well as the Septuagint and Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible"

Does anyone have more information on the Sefire Steles, the wiki page is lacking regarding its contents. Teflawn (talk) 03:18, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]