I've Got Big Baals

Back after a long absence, Vix and Johnny plunge baals deep into the lore of one of the most fascinating Canaanite gods to ever become a poop demon: Baal. Expect bad puns, Ugaritic poetry, ancient toilets, Talmudic scatology, and more.

Sources:

Coogan, Michael David. Stories from Ancient Canaan. Second edition. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2012.

Kastalia Medrano, “Toilet Found in Ancient Shrine Was Symbolic,” Newsweek, November 16, 2017, accessed September 27, 2024, https://www.newsweek.com/toilet-discovered-middle-ancient-jerusalem-shrine-written-bible-king-hezekiah-712800.

Patai, Raphael. The Hebrew Goddess. Detroit, Mich: KTav Publishing, 1967.

Toorn, K. van der, Bob Becking, and Pieter Willem van der Horst. Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible DDD. Leiden, Boston: Brill ; Eerdmans, 1999.

The William Davidson Talmud, Sanh. 106a

Don't Take the Bait (Discussion of Sanhedrin 106A) by Rabbi Levi Y. New for The Montreal Torah Center: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rb0hkWWLy0&t=1141s&ab_channel=MontrealTorahCenter