{"database": "deitydb", "table": "v_public_cross_tradition_links", "rows": [[49, "Baalshamin", "Aramean", "aligned_with", "Zeus", "Greek", "high", "Greek-Palmyrene bilingual inscriptions consistently render \"Baalshamin\" as \"Zeus\" \u2014 the most thoroughly documented interpretatio graeca in the Aramean/Syrian tradition. The Palmyrene Baalshamin temple dedicatory inscriptions (from the 1st\u20133rd centuries CE) use \"Zeus\" as the Greek equivalent in every bilingual text recovered. The author of 2 Maccabees (2nd c. BCE) identifies the deity installed by Antiochus IV in the Jerusalem Temple as \"Zeus Olympios\" while 1 Maccabees uses \"Baal Shamayim\" \u2014 the two books are describing the same event with Greek and Aramaic divine names respectively. The Zeus-Baalshamin equation is one of the best-attested divine equivalences in the ancient world. Kaizer (2002) pp. 60-65.", "SRC_KAIZER_PALMYRA"]], "columns": ["rowid", "entity", "tradition", "relationship_type", "linked_entity", "linked_tradition", "confidence", "rationale", "source_id"], "primary_keys": ["rowid"], "primary_key_values": ["49"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 82.11948900134303, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}