Elohim Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Canaanite religion== {{Further|Ancient Canaanite religion}} The word ''el'' (singular) is a standard term for "god" in Aramaic, paleo-Hebrew, and other related Semitic languages including Ugaritic. The Canaanite pantheon of gods was known as ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ilhm'',{{Sfn|Pardee|1999|loc=p. 285 "The term expressing the simple notion of 'gods' in these texts is ''ilm''..."}} the Ugaritic equivalent to ''elohim''.{{sfn|Van der Toorn|1999|pages=352β353, 360β364}} For instance, the Ugaritic [[Baal Cycle]] mentions "seventy sons of [[Asherah]]". Each "son of god" was held to be the originating deity for a particular people ([[Keilschrift Texte aus Ugarit|KTU]] 2 1.4.VI.46).{{sfn|Day|2003|page=23}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page