Baal

Pure Orientalism from a guy who visited the “middle east” (israel).
The info about Baal are from the Ugarit tablets and the Bible, so nothing new there. He just takes his time writing every reference of Baal in the Bible, which didn't need 70 pages, more like two. He mentions his skiing in “israel” in between, which is never a good sign of someone knowing the native culture of the land. Then he makes up rituals for Baal, if the book wasn't ridiculous enough.

If it were actual rituals he's describing or social events, that could've been passable, but this western concept of doing rituals to benefit yourself only is so weird. You're burning a candle and offering meat to a god to get money? Anyway, usual american nonsense.