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El (Canaanite deity name)

Cited in 1 segment across 1 recording · 2020 · term/term:el

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28 Oct 2020video Why does the biblical tradition say God commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son? Mufti Abu Layth says the Israelites adopted the name Yahweh, a Near Eastern war god from the household of El, and that god's brutal character carried over into their picture of God, making such a command plausible to them. For Muslims, he says, that is not the true image of Allah. Lessonposition checkedIbrahimYahwehEl (Canaanite deity name) machine3 min 57 s17:12on YouTube