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Moloch

Moloch, Molech, or Molek is a word which appears in the Hebrew Bible several times, primarily in the Book of Leviticus. The Greek Septuagint translates many of these instances as "their king", but maintains the word or name Moloch in others, including one additional time in the Book of Amos where the Hebrew text does not attest the name. The Bible…

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MishnahMidrashMekhilta of Rabbi IshmaelMegillahBabylonian Talmud
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CarthaginianCronusBaal HammonDiodorusTalos
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Adad-MilkiBaalUgaritMesopotamiaUnderworld
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Biblical attestations

Masoretic TextLeviticus1 Kings2 KingsThe Book of Jeremiah
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related to In Judaism · 36
Moloch → Adrammelek, Anammelech, Babylonian Talmud, BCE, Bible, Book, Carthaginian, CE, Dinah, Diodorus Siculus, Early, For, Isaac Bekhor Shor, Jewish, Joseph, Jubilees, Leviticus, Likewise, Medieval, Megilla
related to In art · 28
Moloch → Acragas, Baal Hammon, Carthaginian, Christ's Nativity, Cronus, Diodorus, Flight, George Foot Moore, Greek, He, Images, In, Jewish, John, Milton's, Minotaur, Morning, On, Phalaris, Rashi
related to In literature · 25
Moloch → Additionally, Alfred, Carthage, Carthaginian, Christ's Nativity, Diodorus Siculus, Flaubert, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock's, He, In Gustave Flaubert's Salammbô, John Milton's, Later, Lord Tennyson's, Messias, Milton, Milton's, Morning, Of, On, Paradise Lost
related to As a deity · 23
Moloch → Adad-Milki, Akkadian, Albright, Baal, Before, Day, Heider, Isaiah, Jerusalem, John Day, Malik, Melqart, Mesopotamia, Mesopotamia Malik, Milcom, Mlk, Nergal, Phoenician, Sheol, Some
related to As a form of sacrifice · 23
Moloch → Anthony Frendo, Baal, Bennie Reynolds, Day, Frendo's, George Heider, Hebrew, Hebrew Moloch, Heider, In, Jer, Jeremiah, Jeremiah's, John Day, Leviticus, More, Other, Otto Eissfeldt, Phoenicia, Punic
related to In Christianity · 23
Moloch → Acts, Alexander Hislop, Amos, Apostles, Book, Catholic, Christians, Discussion, During, Early Christian, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, John Calvin, Lyra, Martin Luther, Nicholas, Old Testament, Protestant, Reformation, Scottish
related to Etymology · 22
Moloch → Abraham Geiger, British Columbia, Eissfeldt, Eissfeldt's, Geiger's, Heath Dewrell, Hebrew, Jean-Baptiste Chabot, Kerr, Massoretic, Other, Otto Eissfeldt, Paul Mosca, Professor Emeritus, Proto-Semitic, Punic, Scholars, Since, Soden, Syriac
related to In film and television · 21
Moloch → Buffy, Cabiria, Cabiria's, Carthage, Cinema, Flaubert's, Flaubert's Salammbô, Fritz Lang's Metropolis, Italian, Italy, Moloch's, National Museum, Rhodes, Sergio Leone's The Colossus, Sleepy Hollow, Stargate SG1, Supernatural, The, This, Turin
related to As a rite of passage · 12
Moloch → Bible, Carthaginian, Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Greco-Roman, Jewish, Paolo Xella, Phoenician, Punic, Rejecting, Talmud, These, Xella
related to Masoretic Text · 12
Moloch → All, Bible, Five, Hebrew, Israelites, Jeremiah, Kings, Leviticus, Masoretic Text, Seven, The, The Book

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sacrifice god mlk bible also name septuagint deity hebrew leviticus punic king scholars word children child argues greek yahweh carthaginian

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Molochis aname of a deity has been challenged for several reasons0.90text
Molochis afirst speaker at the council of hell and advocates for open war against heaven0.90text
Molochis aCarthaginian god who embodies the male principle and the destructive power of the sun0.90text
W. von Soden argue that the term is a nominalized causative form of the verb ylk/wlkinstance ofScholars0.80text
meaninginstance ofScholars0.80text
Diodorus Siculus on Carthaginian child sacrifice as well as various other classical portrayals of gruesome sacrificeinstance ofThis portrayal has no basis in the Bible or Talmud and probably derives from sources0.80text
Milcominstance ofThe medieval rabbinical tradition also associated Moloch with other similarly named deities mentioned in the Bible0.80text
Adrammelekinstance ofThe medieval rabbinical tradition also associated Moloch with other similarly named deities mentioned in the Bible0.80text
and Anammelech.In ChristianityThe Church Fathers only discuss Moloch occasionallyinstance ofThe medieval rabbinical tradition also associated Moloch with other similarly named deities mentioned in the Bible0.80text
mostly in commentaries on the Book of Amos or the Acts of the Apostlesinstance ofThe medieval rabbinical tradition also associated Moloch with other similarly named deities mentioned in the Bible0.80text
John Calvininstance ofProtestant commentators0.80text
Martin Luther used Moloch as a warning against falling into idolatryinstance ofProtestant commentators0.80text

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