The first identity of this rebellious Watcher to appear in the historical record is not Saturn or his Greek analogue, Kronos. The Titan king and his Phoenician equivalent, Baal Hammon, don’t appear until the first millennium BC. Enlil of Akkad and Sumer appears in the written record around the endContinue Reading

There was a shift in the supernatural wind about the time of the Judges in Israel. The moon-god faded into the background as the storm-god became prominent.Continue Reading