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melqart, Melqart, Melqart - Cult, Melqart - Mythology, For the meta-myth that Melqart, a <i>baal</i> or "king" was Moloch, see Moloch.
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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Melqart | | | |  Melqart: Encyclopedia II - Carthage - Founding of CarthageIn approximately 814 BC, Carthage was founded by Phoenician settlers from the city of Tyre, bringing with them the city-god Melqart. Traditionally, the city was founded by Dido (or Elissa) (Dido fled from Tyre after her younger brother killed her husband to become the ruler), and a number of foundation myths have survived through Greek and Roman literature. (See Byrsa for one example.)
In 509 BC a treaty was signed between Carthage and Rome indicating a division of influence and commercial activities. It is the first known source that indicated Cart ...
See also:Carthage, Carthage - Founding of Carthage, Carthage - Life in Carthage, Carthage - Carthaginian Commerce, Carthage - Carthaginian Government, Carthage - Carthaginian Religious Practices, Carthage - Conflict with the Greeks and Romans, Carthage - First Sicilian War, Carthage - Second Sicilian War, Carthage - Third Sicilian War, Carthage - Pyrrhus of Epirus, Carthage - The Messanan Crisis, Carthage - The Punic Wars, Carthage - Roman Carthage, Carthage - Carthage in fiction Read more here: » Carthage: Encyclopedia II - Carthage - Founding of Carthage |
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| | | | | Melqart: Encyclopedia II - Moloch - Biblical texts The pertinent Biblical texts follow in very literal translation. The word here translated literally as 'seed' very often means offspring. The forms containing mlk have been left untranslated. The reader may substitute either "to Moloch" or "as a molk".
Leviticus 18.21
And you shall not let any of your seed pass through lmlk, neither shall you profane the name of your God ...
See also:Moloch, Moloch - Forms and grammar, Moloch - Traditional accounts and theories, Moloch - Eissfeldt's theory: a type of sacrifice, Moloch - Biblical texts, Moloch - Mosca's theories about offerings to Yahweh, Moloch - Discussion of Eissfeldt's theory, Moloch - Moloch in medieval texts, Moloch - Flaubert's conception, Moloch - Moloch as metaphor in modern art, Moloch - Paradise Lost, Moloch - Moloch in popular culture Read more here: » Moloch: Encyclopedia II - Moloch - Biblical texts |
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| | | | | | Melqart: Encyclopedia II - Samson - In rabbinic literature Rabbinical literature identifies Samson with Bedan; Bedan was a Judge mentioned by Samuel in his farewell address (1 Samuel 12:11) among the Judges that delivered Israel from their enemies. However, the name "Bedan" is not found in the Book of Judges.
The name "Samson" is derived from shemesh (= "sun"), so that Samson bore the name of God, who is also "a sun and shield" (Psalms 84:12). As God protected Israel, so did Samson watch over it in his generation, judging the people even as did God. Samson's strength was divinely derived (Talmud, Tractate Sotah 10a]). Samson resembled God in requiring neither aid nor ...
See also:Samson, Samson - Biblical story, Samson - In rabbinic literature, Samson - In other literature, Samson - Samson as myth, Samson - Samson's name and birthplace, Samson - Dusk, Samson - The day, Samson - The yearly sun Read more here: » Samson: Encyclopedia II - Samson - In rabbinic literature |
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| | | | | Melqart: Encyclopedia II - Samson - Biblical story Samson is said to have lived during the period when the Israelites were oppressed by the power of the Philistines. At this time an angel from God appeared to Manoah, an Israelite from the tribe of Dan, in the city of Zorah, and to his wife, who was barren. This angel predicted that they would have a son. In accordance with Nazaritic requirements, she was to abstain from wine and other strong drink, and her promised child was not to have a razor used upon his head. In due time the son was born; he ...
See also:Samson, Samson - Biblical story, Samson - In rabbinic literature, Samson - In other literature, Samson - Samson as myth, Samson - Samson's name and birthplace, Samson - Dusk, Samson - The day, Samson - The yearly sun Read more here: » Samson: Encyclopedia II - Samson - Biblical story |
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| | | | | Melqart: 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 worshipped in her aspect of a war goddess, often paired with the goddess ‘Anat. In the Contest Between Horus and Set, these two goddesses appear as daughters of Re and are given in marriage to the god Set, here identified with the Semitic god Hadad. ‘Ashtart was also identified with the goddess Sekhmet but seemingly more often conflated, at least in part, with Isis to judge from the many images found o ...
See also:Astarte, Astarte - General discussion, Astarte - ‘Ashtart in Ugarit, Astarte - ‘Ashtart in Egypt, Astarte - ‘Ashtart described by Sanchuniathon, Astarte - ‘Ashtart in Judea, Astarte - Other associations Read more here: » Astarte: Encyclopedia II - Astarte - ‘Ashtart in Egypt |
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| | | | | | Melqart: Encyclopedia II - Cádiz - Major Landmarks Cádiz, the oldest existing city in western Europe (and likely the western world), is home to many beautiful and historic monuments and attractions. Its peculiar location at the end of a narrow peninsula (see Google Maps satellite view) brings an added uniqueness to this city.
Cádiz - Cathedral.
One of Cádiz's most famous landmarks is its cathedral. It sits on the site of an older cathedral, completed in 1260, which burned down in 1596. The reconstruction, which was not started until 1776, was supervised ...
See also:Cádiz, Cádiz - History, Cádiz - Major Landmarks, Cádiz - Cathedral, Cádiz - Gran Teatro Falla, Cádiz - Ayuntamiento, Cádiz - Torre Tavira, Cádiz - Las Puertas de Tierra, Cádiz - Pylons of Cádiz, Cádiz - Beaches, Cádiz - La Playa de la Caleta, Cádiz - La Playa de la Victoria, Cádiz - La Playa de Santa María del Mar, Cádiz - Others, Cádiz - See Also Read more here: » Cádiz: Encyclopedia II - Cádiz - Major Landmarks |
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| | | | | Melqart: 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 7th to 10th centuries CE) pointing in the Hebrew Tanach (bible) indicate the pronunciation as ‘Aštōret instead of the expected ‘Ašteret, probably because the two last syllables have here been pointed with the vowels belonging to bōshet "abomination" to indicate that word should be substituted when reading. The plural form, referring to multi ...
See also:Astarte, Astarte - General discussion, Astarte - ‘Ashtart in Ugarit, Astarte - ‘Ashtart in Egypt, Astarte - ‘Ashtart described by Sanchuniathon, Astarte - ‘Ashtart in Judea, Astarte - Other associations Read more here: » Astarte: Encyclopedia II - Astarte - ‘Ashtart in Judea |
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| | | | | Melqart: Encyclopedia II - Moloch - Moloch in literature In Milton's Paradise Lost, Moloch is one of the greatest warriors of the rebel angels, vengeful and militant,
"besmeared with blood
Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears."
He is listed among the chief of Satan's angels in Book I, and is given a speech at the parliament of Hell in Book 2:43 - 105, where he argues for immediate warfare against God. He later becomes revered as a pagan god on Earth.
In Ginsberg's "Howl", Mol ...
See also:Moloch, Moloch - Forms and grammar, Moloch - Traditional accounts and theories, Moloch - Eissfeldt's theory: a type of sacrifice, Moloch - Biblical texts, Moloch - Mosca's theories about offerings to Yahweh, Moloch - Discussion of Eissfeldt's theory, Moloch - Moloch in medieval texts, Moloch - Flaubert's conception, Moloch - Moloch as metaphor in modern art, Moloch - Moloch in literature, Moloch - Moloch in popular culture Read more here: » Moloch: Encyclopedia II - Moloch - Moloch in literature |
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| | | | | Melqart: Encyclopedia II - Moloch - Ba'al Moloch the God Ba'al, the Sacred Bull, was widely worshipped in the ancient Near East and wherever Carthaginian culture extended. Baal Moloch was conceived under the form of a calf or an ox or depicted as a man with the head of a bull.
Hadad, Baal or simply the King identified the god within his cult. The name Moloch is not the name he was known by among his worshippers, but a Hebrew translation. The written form Moloch (in the Septuagint Greek translation of the Old Testament), or Molech (Hebrew), is specifically Melech or king, transformed by reading it with the vowels of ...
See also:Moloch, Moloch - Ba'al, Moloch - Forms and grammar, Moloch - Biblical texts, Moloch - Traditional accounts and theories, Moloch - Moloch in medieval texts, Moloch - Modern accounts and theories, Moloch - Alex Jones and the Bohemian Grove, Moloch - Mosca's theories about offerings to Yahweh, Moloch - Eissfeldt's theory: a type of sacrifice, Moloch - Flaubert's conception, Moloch - Moloch as metaphor in art, Moloch - Paradise Lost, Moloch - Moloch in popular culture Read more here: » Moloch: Encyclopedia II - Moloch - Ba'al |
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| | | | | Melqart: Encyclopedia II - Cádiz - Beaches Cádiz, situated on a peninsula, is home to some of Spain's most beautiful beaches.
Cádiz - La Playa de la Caleta.
La Playa de la Caleta is the best-loved beach of Cádiz. It has always been in Carnival songs, due to its unequalled beauty and its proximity to the Barrio de la Viña. It is the beach of the Old City, situated between two castles, San Sebastian and Santa Catalina. It is around four hundred meters long and thirty meters wide at low tide.
Cádiz ...
See also:Cádiz, Cádiz - History, Cádiz - Major Landmarks, Cádiz - Cathedral, Cádiz - Gran Teatro Falla, Cádiz - Ayuntamiento, Cádiz - Torre Tavira, Cádiz - Las Puertas de Tierra, Cádiz - Pylons of Cádiz, Cádiz - Beaches, Cádiz - La Playa de la Caleta, Cádiz - La Playa de la Victoria, Cádiz - La Playa de Santa María del Mar, Cádiz - Others, Cádiz - See Also Read more here: » Cádiz: Encyclopedia II - Cádiz - Beaches |
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| | | | | Melqart: 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 the myths say that he had two wives and built a sanctuary with them and his new children in the desert. El had fathered many gods, but most important were Hadad, Yaw and Mot, each share similar attributes to the Roman-Greco gods: Zeus, Poseidon and Hades respectively.
Three pantheon lists found at Ugarit begin with the four gods ’il-’ib (which according to Cross [1973; p. ...
See also:El god, El god - Linguistic forms and meanings, El god - Ēl in the Tanakh, El god - Ēl in Christian theology, El god - Ēl among the Amorites, El god - Ēl in Ugarit and among the Canaanites, El god - Ēl in the greater Levant, El god - Ēl according to Sanchuniathon, El god - Ēl and Poseidon, El god - Ēl in Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic and Hittite texts Read more here: » El god: Encyclopedia II - El god - Ēl in Ugarit and among the Canaanites |
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| | | | | Melqart: 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 Ugaritic ’il, pl. ’lm; Phoenician ’l pl. ’lm, Hebrew ’ēl, pl. ’⁏lîm; Aramaic ’l, Arabic Al; Akkadian ilu, pl. ilāti. The original meaning may have been 'strength, power'. In northwest Semitic usage ’l was both a generic word of any 'god' and the special name or title of a particular god who was distinguished from o ...
See also:El god, El god - Linguistic forms and meanings, El god - Ēl in the Tanakh, El god - Ēl in Christian theology, El god - Ēl among the Amorites, El god - Ēl in Ugarit and among the Canaanites, El god - Ēl in the greater Levant, El god - Ēl according to Sanchuniathon, El god - Ēl and Poseidon, El god - Ēl in Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic and Hittite texts Read more here: » El god: Encyclopedia II - El god - Linguistic forms and meanings |
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| | | | | Melqart: 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 'God Eternal'.
The Egyptian god Ptah is given the title dū gitti 'Lord of Gath' in a prism from Lachish which has on its opposite face the name of Amenhotep II (c. 1435–1420 BCE) The title dū gitti is also found in Serābitṭ text 353. Cross (1973, p. 19) points out that Ptah is ofen called the lord (or one) of eternity and thinks ...
See also:El god, El god - Linguistic forms and meanings, El god - Ēl in the Tanakh, El god - Ēl in Christian theology, El god - Ēl among the Amorites, El god - Ēl in Ugarit and among the Canaanites, El god - Ēl in the greater Levant, El god - Ēl according to Sanchuniathon, El god - Ēl and Poseidon, El god - Ēl in Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic and Hittite texts Read more here: » El god: Encyclopedia II - El god - Ēl in the greater Levant |
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| | | | | Melqart: 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 god or first god. Ēl is rather the son of Sky and Earth. Sky and Earth are themselves children of ‘Elyôn 'Most High'. Ēl is brother to the god Bethel, to Dagon, and to an unknown god equated with the Greek Atlas, and to the goddesses Aphrodite/’Ashtart, Rhea (presumably Asherah, and Dione (equated with Ba’alat Gebal. Ēl is father of Persephone who dies (presumably an otherwise unknown Semitic ...
See also:El god, El god - Linguistic forms and meanings, El god - Ēl in the Tanakh, El god - Ēl in Christian theology, El god - Ēl among the Amorites, El god - Ēl in Ugarit and among the Canaanites, El god - Ēl in the greater Levant, El god - Ēl according to Sanchuniathon, El god - Ēl and Poseidon, El god - Ēl in Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic and Hittite texts Read more here: » El god: Encyclopedia II - El god - Ēl according to Sanchuniathon |
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| | | | | Melqart: 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 'God Eternal'.
The Egyptian god Ptah is given the title dū gitti 'Lord of Gath' in a prism from Lachish which has on its opposite face the name of Amenhotep II (c. 1435–1420 BCE) The title dū gitti is also found in Serābitṭ text 353. Cross (1973, p. 19) points out that Ptah is often called the lord (or one) of eternity and thinks it ...
See also:El god, El god - Linguistic forms and meanings, El god - Ēl in the Tanakh, El god - Ēl in Christian theology, El god - Ēl among the Amorites, El god - Ēl in Ugarit and among the Canaanites, El god - Ēl in the greater Levant, El god - Ēl according to Sanchuniathon, El god - Ēl and Poseidon, El god - Ēl in Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic and Hittite texts Read more here: » El god: Encyclopedia II - El god - Ēl in Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic and Hittite texts |
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| | | | | Melqart: 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 Poseidon. Going back to the 9th century BCE the bilingual inscription at Karatepe in the Taurus Mountains equates Ēl-Creator-of-the-Earth to Luwian hieroglyphs read as da-a-ś, this being the Luwian form of the name of the Babylonian water god Ea, lord of the abyss of water under the earth. (This inscription lists Ēl in second place in the local pantheon, following Ba‘al S ...
See also:El god, El god - Linguistic forms and meanings, El god - Ēl in the Tanakh, El god - Ēl in Christian theology, El god - Ēl among the Amorites, El god - Ēl in Ugarit and among the Canaanites, El god - Ēl in the greater Levant, El god - Ēl according to Sanchuniathon, El god - Ēl and Poseidon, El god - Ēl in Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic and Hittite texts Read more here: » El god: Encyclopedia II - El god - Ēl and Poseidon |
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| | | | | Melqart: Encyclopedia II - Carthage - Founding of Carthage In approximately 814 BC, Carthage was founded by Phoenician settlers from the city of Tyre, bringing with them the city-god Melqart. Traditionally, the city was founded by Dido, and a number of foundation myths have survived through Greek and Roman literature. (See Byrsa for one example.)
Carthage's early years were defined by a long rivalry between the maritime and landholding families. In general, due to the city's dependence on maritime trade, the maritime faction controlled the government, and during the 6th century BC, Carthage b ...
See also:Carthage, Carthage - Founding of Carthage, Carthage - Life in Carthage, Carthage - Carthaginian Commerce, Carthage - Carthaginian Government, Carthage - Carthaginian Religious Practices, Carthage - Conflict with the Greeks and Romans, Carthage - First Sicilian War, Carthage - Second Sicilian War, Carthage - Third Sicilian War, Carthage - Pyrrhus of Epirus, Carthage - The Messanan Crisis, Carthage - The Punic Wars, Carthage - Roman Carthage, Carthage - Carthage in fiction Read more here: » Carthage: Encyclopedia II - Carthage - Founding of Carthage |
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| | | | | Melqart: Encyclopedia II - Hadad - Hadad in Aram and Israel In the second millennium BCE, the king of Aleppo, or Halab, received a statue of Ishtar from the king of Mari, as a sign of deference, to be displayed in the temple of Hadad in Kilasou. The god "Adad" is called on a stele of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser I "the god of Aleppo".
The name Hadad appears in the name of Hadadezer 'Hadad-is-help', the Aramean king defeated by David. Later Aramean kings of Damascus seem to have habitually assumed the title of Benhadad, or son of Hadad, just as a series of Egyptian monarchs are known to have ...
See also:Hadad, Hadad - Hadad in Ugarit, Hadad - Sanchuniathon, Hadad - Hadad in Aram and Israel Read more here: » Hadad: Encyclopedia II - Hadad - Hadad in Aram and Israel |
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| | | | | Melqart: Encyclopedia II - Carthage - Roman Carthage The site was too well-chosen to let it go to waste, however, and a new city grew up there, eventually becoming the second largest city in the western half of the Roman empire. By the late 2nd century, Carthage was the center of the Roman province of Africa, with a population of 500,000 people. It briefly became the capital of an usurper, Domitius Alexander, in 308-311.
Carthage also became a centre of early Christianity. Tertullian rhetorically addresses the Roman governor with the fact that the Christians of Carthage that just yester ...
See also:Carthage, Carthage - Founding of Carthage, Carthage - Life in Carthage, Carthage - Carthaginian Commerce, Carthage - Carthaginian Government, Carthage - Carthaginian Religious Practices, Carthage - Conflict with the Greeks and Romans, Carthage - First Sicilian War, Carthage - Second Sicilian War, Carthage - Third Sicilian War, Carthage - Pyrrhus of Epirus, Carthage - The Messanan Crisis, Carthage - The Punic Wars, Carthage - Roman Carthage, Carthage - Carthage in fiction Read more here: » Carthage: Encyclopedia II - Carthage - Roman Carthage |
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| | | | | Melqart: Encyclopedia II - Carthage - Life in Carthage
Carthage - Carthaginian Commerce.
The early trading empire of Carthage depended heavily on its trade with Tartessos and other cities of the Iberian peninsula, from which it obtained vast quantities of silver and, even more importantly, tin ore, which was essential to the manufacture of bronze objects by the civilizations of antiquity. Carthage followed trade routes already established by her parent city, Tyre. When Tartessos fell, the Carthaginian ships went directly to the primary sources of tin in the northwest ...
See also:Carthage, Carthage - Founding of Carthage, Carthage - Life in Carthage, Carthage - Carthaginian Commerce, Carthage - Carthaginian Government, Carthage - Carthaginian Religious Practices, Carthage - Conflict with the Greeks and Romans, Carthage - First Sicilian War, Carthage - Second Sicilian War, Carthage - Third Sicilian War, Carthage - Pyrrhus of Epirus, Carthage - The Messanan Crisis, Carthage - The Punic Wars, Carthage - Roman Carthage, Carthage - Carthage in fiction Read more here: » Carthage: Encyclopedia II - Carthage - Life in Carthage |
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