Which ancient peoples practiced the religions of Syria and Palestine?

The religions of ancient Syria and Palestine, practiced between 3000 and 300 BCE, are typically identified by the languages of the peoples who observed them. These groups include the following:

• Amorite, Hurrian, and Ugaritic peoples1
• Phoenicians, who inhabited the Levant coast12
• Aramaeans, a confederacy of tribes that occupied regions in northern Syria and parts of Mesopotamia13
• Moabites, Ammonites, and Edomites, who maintained distinct national deities14
• Israelites, whose religious development became distinct from the broader regional traditions145
• Philistines, who settled in southwestern Palestine and whose religious practices were largely indistinguishable from general Canaanite traditions4

The term Canaanite is often used broadly to encompass many of these groups, as well as the religions of early periods for which written records are unavailable. Because the region served as a land bridge between major civilizations like Egypt and Mesopotamia, these religions were often syncretistic and cosmopolitan, though they shared typological similarities in their focus on deities such as the storm god (e.g., Hadad, Baal), the patriarchal creator god (El), and various female deities (e.g., Anath, Astarte, Asherah).15