> Baal was at least also the son of El in Canaanite religion which predated an Israeli kingdom
Where are you getting this from?
Where are you getting this from?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal
Like all matters concerning the gods in the ancient near east, it's complex, and every answer has to be qualified. So apparently in some traditions, Baal was the son of Dagan (another fertility god), and in some the son of El (the head of the Canaanite pantheon, often identified with Yahweh even by orthodox Yahwists).
This seems totally unsurprising, given that the Old Testament freely uses both terms while insisting there is only one god. What else are orthodox Yahwists supposed to think?