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The Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible is the single major work of reference on the gods, angels, demons, spirits and semi-divine heroes whose names occur in the biblical books. First published in 1995 and chosen by Choice as Best Reference Work of 1996, it is now republished in a new extensively revised edition. 30 entries appear for the first time in the new edition, while more than...

ARET 5 [1984], no. 3 iv 2–3: A bù-la-na-tim = *māwı̄ Puran(a)tum), Pettinato’s interpretation cannot be upheld. It is very likely that Baradu is a personification of the hail (cf. ARET 5 [1984] no. 4 v 4–5 NA4 ba-ra-du, “hail-stones”, cf. Aram [ʾbny b]rd in Sefire I A 25), a minor deity of the local pantheon or a specific manifestation of the Storm-God Adda (→Hadad). The Eblaitic texts attest that Baradu received some sacrificial offerings like precious metals and sheep (TM.75.G.1376 = MEE 2 no.
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