Reseña

Baal — The Rival God is a historical, theological, and symbolic study of one of the most charged names in biblical and ancient Near Eastern religion. The book follows Baal from his origin as a Semitic title of lordship to his role as storm god, bringer of rain, fertility deity, royal patron, and rival of Yahweh in the biblical imagination.
The work examines the Ugaritic texts, the myths of Yamm and Mot, the Baalim of different regions, Baal-Peor, Jezebel, Elijah on Mount Carmel, the High Places, prophetic resistance, the formation of Israelite monotheism, and the later transformation of Baal from deity to demonized figure.