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"The Resurrection of Baal"

Art: The Resurrection of Baal by Artist Steven King
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Media:  Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions:  16"x20"
Date of Work:  2005

The antiquity of the worship of the god or gods of Baal extends back to the 14th century BCE among the ancient Semitic peoples, the descendants of Shem, the oldest son of Biblical Noah. Semitic is more of a linguistic classification than a racial one. Thus, people speaking the same or similar languages first worshiped Baal in his many forms. The word Baal means "master" or "owner". In ancient religions the name denoted sun, lord or god. Baal was common a name of small Syrian and Persian deities. Baal is still principally thought of as a Canaanite fertility deity. The Great Baal was of Canaan. He was the son of El, the high god of Canaan. The cult of Baal celebrated annually his death and resurrection as a part of the Canaanite fertility rituals.
These ceremonies often included human sacrifice and temple prostitution.
In the Bible Baal is also called Beelzebub, or Baalzebub, one of the fallen angels of Satan.
This is my depiction of the Resurrection of Baal

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Steven King  View this Artist's Profile
Sarasota, FL, USA
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