Bethel
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Bethel was an ancient Israelite city and sacred space that is frequently mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
The ruins of Beitin, the site of ancient Bethel, during the 19th century
Beitin in 1894, from the book Holy Land photographed by Daniel B. Shepp
Depiction of Jacob's dream at Bethel, by Jusepe de Ribera.
Bethel, 1912
El (deity)
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El is a Northwest Semitic word meaning 'god' or 'deity', or referring to any one of multiple major ancient Near Eastern deities. A rarer form, 'ila, represents the predicate form in the Old Akkadian a
Bethel
…Bethel (Hebrew: בֵּית־אֵל, romanized: Bēṯ ʾĒl, "House of El" or "House of God", also transliterated Beth El, Beth-El, Beit El; Greek: Βαιθήλ; Latin: Bethel) was an ancient Israelite city and sacred space that…
Gilded statuette of El from Ugarit
Gebel al-Arak knife Possible depiction of El with two lions, B.C. 3450
Gilded statue of El (c. 1400–1200 BC) from the site of Tel Megiddo.