Supreme deity

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A supreme deity, supreme god or supreme being is the conception of the sole deity of monotheistic religions or, in polytheistic or henotheistic religions, the paramount deity or supernatural entity which is above all others.

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Gilded statue of the Canaanite "supreme deity" El (c. 1400-1200 BC) from the site of Tel Megiddo. El is considered to be the cognate of the word "Ilah" turning Allah and continues to appear in compound names like Gabriel, Michael, Azrael, Israel, Ishmael, Samuel, Raphael, etc. El, the Canaanite creator deity, Megiddo, Stratum VII, Late Bronze II, 1400-1200 BC, bronze with gold leaf - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago - DSC07734.JPG
Gilded statue of the Canaanite "supreme deity" El (c.1400–1200 BC) from the site of Tel Megiddo. El is considered to be the cognate of the word "Ilah" turning Allah and continues to appear in compound names like Gabriel, Michael, Azrael, Israel, Ishmael, Samuel, Raphael, etc.

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See also

  1. Zeki Saritoprak (2006). "Allah". In Oliver Leaman (ed.). The Qur'an: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 34. ISBN   9780415326391.
  2. Vincent J. Cornell (2005). "God: God in Islam". In Lindsay Jones (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion. Vol. 5 (2nd ed.). MacMillan Reference USA. p. 724.