Eshmun - Article Index

Encyclopedia - El God: Encyclopedia - El God
Adonis | Anat | Asherah | Astarte | Ba'al | Berith | Dagon | El | Elyon | Elohim | Hadad | Moloch | Mot | Salem | Shaddai | Yaw Adonai | ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astarte: Encyclopedia - Astarte
Adonis | Anat | Asherah | Astarte | Ba'al | Berith | Dagon | El | Elyon | Elohim | Hadad | Mot | Salem | Shaddai | Yaw Adonai | El | Eloh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sidon: Encyclopedia - Sidon
Sidon, Zidon or Saida, (Arabic صيدا Ṣaydā; Hebrew צִידוֹן, Standard Hebrew Ẓidon, Tiberian Hebrew Ṣîḏōn) is the thi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melqart: Encyclopedia Ii - Melqart - Cult
The historian Herodotus recorded (2.44): In the wish to get the best information that I could on these matters, I made a voyage to Tyre i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient History Of Cyprus: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient History Of Cyprus - The City-kingdoms
Cyprus gained independence around 669/663. Cemeteries of this period are mainly rock-cut tombs. They have been found, among others, at Ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sidon: Encyclopedia Ii - Sidon - History
It was one of the most important Phoenician cities, and may have been the oldest. From here, and other ports, a great Mediterranean comme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - El God: Encyclopedia Ii - El God - Ēl In The Tanakh
The Hebrew form (אל) appears in Latin letters in Standard Hebrew transcription as El and in Tiberian Hebrew transcription as ʾĒl. In ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astarte: Encyclopedia Ii - Astarte - General Discussion
‘Ashtart was connected with fertility, sexuality, and war. Her symbols were the lion, the horse, the sphinx, the dove, and a star withi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - El God: Encyclopedia Ii - El God - Ēl In Proto-sinaitic, Phoenician, Aramaic, And Hittite Texts
A proto-Sinaitic mine inscription from Mount Sinai reads ’ld‘lm understood to be vocalized as ’il dū ‘ôlmi, 'Ēl Eternal' or 'G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astarte: Encyclopedia Ii - Astarte - ‘ashtart In Egypt
‘Ashtart's first appears in Egypt beginning with the 18th Dynasty along with other northwest Semitic deities. She was especially worshi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient History Of Cyprus: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient History Of Cyprus - Persian Period
After the Persian defeat, the Greeks mounted various expeditions against Cyprus in order to liberate it from the Persian yoke, but all th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astarte: Encyclopedia Ii - Astarte - ‘ashtart Described By Sanchuniathon
In the description of the Phoenician pantheon ascribed to Sanchuniathon ‘Ashtart appears as a daughter of Sky and Earth and sister of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient History Of Cyprus: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient History Of Cyprus - Roman Occupation
Cyprus became a Roman province in 58 BC, according to Strabo because Publius Clodius Pulcher held a grudge against Ptolemy and sent Marcu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient History Of Cyprus: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient History Of Cyprus - Hellenistic Period
During the siege of Tyre, the Cypriot Kings went over to Alexander of Macedon and supported him with ships. In 321 four Cypriot kings sid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient History Of Cyprus: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient History Of Cyprus - Christianization
Roman Cyprus was visited by Apostles Paul, Barnabas and St Mark who came to the island at the outset of their first missionary journey in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - El God: Encyclopedia Ii - El God - Ēl And Poseidon
A bilingual inscription from Palmyra (KAI. 11, p. 43) dated to the 1st century equates Ēl-Creator-of-the-Earth with the Greek god P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - El God: Encyclopedia Ii - El God - Ēl In Ugarit And Among The Canaanites
For the Canaanites, El or Il was the supreme god, the father of mankind and all creatures. He may have been a desert god at some point as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - El God: Encyclopedia Ii - El God - Linguistic Forms And Meanings
Cognate forms are found throughout the Semitic languages with the exception of the ancient Ge'ez language of Ethiopia. Forms include Ugar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - El God: Encyclopedia Ii - El God - Ēl In The Greater Levant
A proto-Sinaitic mine inscription from Mount Sinai reads ’ld‘lm understood to be vocalized as ’il dū ‘ôlmi, 'Ēl Eternal' or 'G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - El God: Encyclopedia Ii - El God - Ēl According To Sanchuniathon
In the euhemeristic account of Sanchuniathon Ēl (rendered Elus or called by his standard Greek counterpart Cronus) is not the creator go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melqart: Encyclopedia Ii - Melqart - Mythology
Athenaeus (392d) summarizes a story by Eudoxus of Cnidus (c. 355 BCE) telling how Heracles the son of Zeus by Asteria (= ‘Ashtart ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - El God: Encyclopedia Ii - El God - Ēl In Proto-sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic And Hittite Texts
A proto-Sinaitic mine inscription from Mount Sinai reads ’ld‘lm understood to be vocalized as ’il dū ‘ôlmi, 'Ēl Eternal' or 'G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astarte: Encyclopedia Ii - Astarte - ‘ashtart In Judea
The Masoretic (from "Masorah", which is a body of scribal notes that form a textual guide to the Hebrew Old Testament, compiled from the ...   » Read the article