In 1929 a farmer in French-occupied Syria caught his plow on a rock and accidentally uncovered Ugarit, a lost city whose clay tablets have been quietly reshaping Hebrew Bible scholarship ever since.
This week we dig into the Baal Cycle: the elderly patriarch El, the storm god Baal, the sea god Yam, and a goddess named Anat who is genuinely terrifying. If you've ever wondered where the divine council, the rider of the clouds, and the waters above and below actually come from, this one's for you.
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