Elijah’s Cave on Mount Carmel and its Inscriptions
Author | : Asher Ovadiah |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2015-09-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781784911997 |
ISBN-13 | : 1784911992 |
Rating | : 4/5 (992 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Elijah’s Cave on Mount Carmel and its Inscriptions by : Asher Ovadiah
Download or read book Elijah’s Cave on Mount Carmel and its Inscriptions written by Asher Ovadiah and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artistic and epigraphic evidence suggest that Elijah's Cave, on the western slope of Mt. Carmel, had been used as a pagan cultic place, possibly a shrine, devoted to Ba'al Carmel (identified with Zeus/Jupiter) as well as to Pan and Eros as secondary deities.