The God Gad
Although a Canaanite deity named Gad has long been known to have had a cultic following in the Levant, relatively little attention has been devoted to elucidating its character, status, and relationship to other major gods. The following study aims to investigate the nature of the deity by culling i...
| Published in: | Journal of the American Oriental Society |
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| Subtitles: | Articles |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Oriental Society
April-June 2019
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Journal of the American Oriental Society
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Canaanites
/ Canaanite
/ Idea of God
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| RelBib Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HB Old Testament |
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| Summary: | Although a Canaanite deity named Gad has long been known to have had a cultic following in the Levant, relatively little attention has been devoted to elucidating its character, status, and relationship to other major gods. The following study aims to investigate the nature of the deity by culling information from a broad analysis of West Semitic personal names carrying this theophoric as well as synthesizing the data with diverse biblical and inscriptional material. Several lines of evidence are adduced to suggest that Gad is not an independent West Semitic divinity but merely a descriptive epithet of the personal god El. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-2289 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Oriental Society, Journal of the American Oriental Society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.7817/jameroriesoci.139.2.0307 |