Bethel (god)

Bethel, meaning 'House of El' or 'House of God' in Hebrew, Phoenician and Aramaic, was the name of a god or an aspect of a god in some ancient Middle Eastern texts dating to the Assyrian, Achaemenid, and Hellenistic periods.^[1]^[2] The term appears in the Torah and the Christian Bible, but opinions differ as to whether those references are to a god or to a place.

^ Röllig, W. (1999). "Bethel". In Karel van der Toorn; Bob Becking; Pieter W. van der Horst (eds.). Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. pp. 173–175. ISBN 978-0-8028-2491-2.
^ Zadok, Ran (2020). "Bethel—An Originally North Syrian Deity". NABU. 28: 62–69. [1].

[1] Röllig, W. (1999). "Bethel". In Karel van der Toorn; Bob Becking; Pieter W. van der Horst (eds.). Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. pp. 173–175. ISBN 978-0-8028-2491-2.

[2] Zadok, Ran (2020). "Bethel—An Originally North Syrian Deity". NABU. 28: 62–69. [1].

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