Bamah (high place); Standing Stones (mazzebot)

JUAN MANUEL TEBES

Routledge Dictionary of Ancient Mediterranean Religions

Routledge

Lugar: London; Año: 2015; p. 127 - 128

Bamah (plural bamot), commonly translated in English Bibles as "high place," is a common term in the Hebrew Bible that refers to some kind of cultic structure established by the Israelites. Massevot (sing. massevah), or standing stones, constitute one of the most characteristic elements of cult in Syria-Palestine in the second and first millennia BCE, being solidly incorporated into the religious practices of the Canaanites, Israelites, Phoenicians, Arameans and Nabateans.