aaron adad adonis akkadian language amorite amun amurru anat ancient near east anshar anu arabic language aramaic language ark of the covenant ascalon ashdod asherah ashima ashurnasirpal ii assyria assyrian astarte atargatis bakha book of joshua book of judges canaan capricornus chemosh cronus david kimhi dura-europos synagogue ebla egyptian pantheon ekron elyon enlil ereshkigal eshmun euphrates gaza hadad hadrian hammurabi hebrew language horus iconography inanna ishara ishtar isin isis jericho jerome john milton joseph fontenrose josephus julius wellhausen keshava temple kingu kishar kothar-wa-khasis lahamu lahmu marduk matsya melqart merman moloch mummu nablus nabu nammu nergal ninhursag ninlil osiris palestine paradise lost peshitta philistines phoenicia porphyry of gaza ptah qetesh ra rashi red sea resheph samson sanchuniathon semitic septuagint shala shamash sidon sumerian language tanakh targum terqa tiamat tribe of asher tribe of judah typhon ugarit underworld utu vishnu vita william robertson smith yahweh yarikh zeus