Peter,
an interesting online-paper by Baruch Halpern,"The Baal (and the Asherah) in seventh century
Judah", shares my views concerning the ancienty of Baal cult in Israel and the existence of
an ideologic warfare between "Baal"-adepts and Baal-rejecters.
So to say both sides argued seeking support in the tradition.
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/zimriel/Baal/baal1.html
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