Ancient Semitic religion

Semitic traditions and their [[Pantheon (religion)|pantheons]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Noll |first=K. L. |author-link=K. L. Noll |title=Canaan and Israel in Antiquity: An Introduction |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M0V6U22YdxEC&pg=PA187 |year=2001 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-84127-258-0 |page=187 |quote=[A patron god in an ancient Near Eastern religion held a unique position among the gods] as the most powerful and the most just of the gods, who ruled the divine realm as he ruled the human realm, often with the approval of a council of divine 'elders' who legitimated his right to rule as patron god (as in the book of Job 1—2). [...] Other gods were subordinate to, and partners with, the divine patron, just as the human aristocracy and commoners were expected to be subordinate to, and supportive of, the human king. The pantheon was usually quite complex, often including hundreds or even thousands of gods. |access-date=4 March 2018 |archive-date=12 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312212446/https://books.google.com/books?id=M0V6U22YdxEC&pg=PA187 |url-status=live }}</ref> fall into regional categories: [[Canaanite religion]]s of the [[Levant]] (including the [[Henotheism|henotheistic]] [[Yahwism|ancient Hebrew religion]] of the [[Israelites]], [[Judea]]ns and [[Samaritans]], as well as the religions of the [[Amorites]], [[Phoenicia]]ns, [[Moab]]ites, [[Edom]]ites, [[Ammon|Ammonites]] and [[Suteans]]); the [[Sumerian religion|Sumerian]]-inspired [[Babylonian religion|Assyro-Babylonian religion]] of [[Mesopotamia]]; the Phoenician Canaanite [[Punic religion|religion of Carthage]]; [[Nabataean religion]]; [[Eblaite language|Eblaite]], [[Ugarit]]e, [[Dilmun|Dilmunite]] and [[Arameans|Aramean]] religions; and [[Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia|Arabian polytheism]].

Semitic traditions and their [[Pantheon (religion)|pantheons]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Noll |first=K. L. |author-link=K. L. Noll |title=Canaan and Israel in Antiquity: An Introduction |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M0V6U22YdxEC&pg=PA187 |year=2001 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-84127-258-0 |page=187 |quote=[A patron god in an ancient Near Eastern religion held a unique position among the gods] as the most powerful and the most just of the gods, who ruled the divine realm as he ruled the human realm, often with the approval of a council of divine 'elders' who legitimated his right to rule as patron god (as in the book of Job 1—2). [...] Other gods were subordinate to, and partners with, the divine patron, just as the human aristocracy and commoners were expected to be subordinate to, and supportive of, the human king. The pantheon was usually quite complex, often including hundreds or even thousands of gods. |access-date=4 March 2018 |archive-date=12 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312212446/https://books.google.com/books?id=M0V6U22YdxEC&pg=PA187 |url-status=live }}</ref> fall into regional categories: [[Canaanite religion]]s of the [[Levant]] (including the [[Henotheism|henotheistic]] [[Yahwism|ancient Hebrew religion]] of the [[Israelites]], [[Judea]]ns and [[Samaritans]], as well as the religions of the [[Amorites]], [[Phoenicia]]ns, [[Moab]]ites, [[Edom]]ites, [[Ammon|Ammonites]] and [[Suteans]]); the [[Sumerian religion|Sumerian]]-inspired [[Babylonian religion|Assyro-Babylonian religion]] of [[Mesopotamia]]; the Phoenician Canaanite [[Punic religion|religion of Carthage]]; [[Nabataean religion]]; [[Eblaite language|Eblaite]], [[Ugarit]]e, [[Dilmun|Dilmunite]] and [[Arameans|Aramean]] religions; and [[Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia|Arabian polytheism]].

Semitic [[polytheism]] possibly transitioned into [[Abrahamic religions|Abrahamic]] [[monotheism]] by way of the god [[El (deity)|El]], whose name "El" אל, or ''elah'' אלה is a word for "god" in Hebrew, [[cognate]] to Arabic '''''ʼ'''ilāh'' إله, and its definitive pronoun form الله ''[[Allah|Allāh]]'', "(The) God".

==Proto-Semitic pantheon==

==Proto-Semitic pantheon==