Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism. With an essay on Baal worship, on the Assyrian sacred "grove" and other allied symbols by John Newton (1875)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876, Newton, John, M.R.C.S.E · New York J.W. Bouton · leaf 207
h. There was a Canaanite city calledBaal-Tamar, = Baal, the palm-tree, designated so, it is probable, from the worship of Baal there under the form of apriapus-column, says Fiirst, Heb. Lex. The real form wasdoubtless an Asherim, a modified palm-tree, as we havealready shown. Palm-branches haye^…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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