Editing Baal (section)

==Classical sources==
Outside of Jewish and Christian contexts, the various forms of Baʿal were indifferently rendered in classical sources as [[Belus (disambiguation)|Belus]] ({{langx|grc|Βῆλος}}, ''Bē̂los''). An example is [[Josephus]], who states that [[Jezebel]] "built a temple to the [[patron deity|god]] of the [[Tyrians]], which they call Belus";<ref name="Josephus"/> this describes the Baʿal of Tyre, [[Melqart]]. Herrmann identifies the Demarus/Demarous figure mentioned by [[Philo Byblius]] as Baʿal.{{sfnp|Herrmann|1999a|p=135}}

[[Baʿal Hammon]], however, was identified with the [[Ancient Greek religion|Greek]] [[Cronus|Cronos]] and the [[Ancient Roman religion|Roman]] [[Saturn (god)|Saturn]] as the [[Baal-zebul|Zabul]] Saturn.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jongeling|first=K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qn8OAAAAYAAJ&q=North+African+Names+from+Latin+Sources|title=North-African Names from Latin Sources|date=1994|publisher=Research School CNWS|isbn=978-90-73782-25-9|language=en}}</ref> He was probably never equated with Melqart, although this assertion appears in older scholarship.