God · Israelite
Yahweh
Yahweh, a god of the Israelite world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.
Tradition: judaism
Documented identifications
| Link | Who said so | Note |
|---|---|---|
| merged with El | Israelite religion, Iron Age | Yahweh absorbed El, taking his place as head of the pantheon and his epithets such as El Shaddai. |
| merged with Baal | Israelite religion, Iron Age | Baal's character as storm and weather god was absorbed into the conception of Yahweh. |
| identified as Dionysus | Plutarch, Table Talk 4.6; Tacitus, Varro, John the Lydian | Several Greek and Roman writers took the god of the Jews for Bacchus-Dionysus, from the vine imagery and the cries heard at Jewish festivals. |
| identified as Sabazius | Valerius Maximus 1.3.2, on the expulsion of 139 BCE | Rome expelled Jews in 139 BCE for spreading the cult of "Jupiter Sabazius", apparently confusing Sabaoth with Sabazius. |
| identified as Saturn | Tacitus, Histories 5.4, c. 105 CE | Tacitus reports the view that the Jewish Sabbath honoured Saturn. |