The texts refer to a cosmic battle between Baal, who is now the lord of storms and fertility, and Yam, the god of the oceans. After much contemplating Baal kills Yam and takes his throne in the ...

This is the mountain overlooking the Mediterranean Sea on which the prophet Elijah successfully challenged the priests of Baal and won the people to the true God. The feast of Our Lady of Mount ...

Perhaps the best known Bible story that refers to Baal is in the 18th chapter of I Kings, where the prophet Elijah publicly challenges the priests of Baal to a contest. Both the prophet and the ...