In a message dated 8/19/02 11:59:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, iangoldsmith1969 AT yahoo.co.uk writes:
Would YHWH allow his name to be associated with a
place of pagan worship?
For a discussion of the identification of Y-HWH with Canaanite 'El, see __Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic: Essays in the History of the Religion of Israel__ by Frank Moore Cross, especially Part I: The Religion of Canaan and the G-d of Israel:
Chap. 1: The G-d of the Fathers
Chap. 2: 'El and the G-d of the Fathers
Chap. 3: Y-hweh and 'El
In Chapter 7 (Y-hweh and Ba`l), he discusses similarities in attributes of Y-HWH and Ba`al despite the fact that Y-HWH was never identified with Ba`al.