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Baal

chief male god of Phoenicians; the generative principle. [Phoenician Rel.: Parrinder, 38]
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Mr van Baal claims oil firms are used to thinking big so they need to "think bigger" about how to reduce emissions and combat climate change.
As in many contexts in which the Christian use of Allah has been controversial, the dispute over the use of the name Allah by Indonesian Christians revolves around similar questions: Does the word Allah function like El or Baal? And what are its ramifications?
On these questions Jan van Baal exposed him to highly nuanced and wideranging views, first as the director of the Bevolkingsinstituut (Population Institute) of the government in Hollandia, and later as governor.
There is no one definition of a baal teshuvah, although it is used nearly universally to describe Orthodox Jews.
Baal was first detained in 1999 at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center while he was being tried, purportedly, for murder.
Hosea 11.2 sums up the theme of Israel's endless backsliding: "The more I (the Lord) called them, the more they went from me; they kept sacrificing to the Baals, and burning incense to idols."
180-243) is dedicated to the investigation of the deity Baal in the Hebrew Bible.
IS "placed a large quantity of explosives in the temple of Baal Shamin today and then blew it up causing much damage to the temple," Abdulkarim told AFP news agency.
Speaking of God as the Fount of living waters, Jeremiah exhorted the Judeans to realize that the source of agriculture was not Baal, but the true, living God (Jer.
Baal Shamin is the largest temple in the southern area of Syria.
If we don't want to end up like the prophets of Baal, then it is really critical to know which god we are worshipping.
Patiala -- A special issue on environment of first multi coloured Punjabi magazine BAAL PREET has been released by the Deputy Commissioner S.
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