The etymology of Moloch is uncertain: a derivation from the root mlk, which means "to rule" is "widely recognized". Since it was … See more

The word Moloch (מולך) occurs eight times in the Masoretic text, the standard Hebrew text of the Bible. Five of these are in Leviticus, with one in 1 Kings, one in 2 Kings and another in The Book of Jeremiah. Seven inst… See more

Before 1935, all scholars held that Moloch was a pagan deity, to whom child sacrifice was offered at the Jerusalem tophet. Some modern scholars have proposed that Moloch may be the same god as Milcom, Adad-Milki, … See more

The oldest classical rabbinical texts, the mishnah (3rd century CE) and Talmud (200s CE) include the Leviticus prohibitions of giving one's seed to Moloch, but do not clearly describe what this might have historically … See more

Images of Moloch did not grow popular until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when Western culture began to experience a fascination with demons. These images tend to portray Moloch as a bull- or lion-headed hu… See more

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• Bart, B. F. (1984). "Male Hysteria in "Salammbô". Nineteenth-Century French Studies. 12 (3): 313–321. JSTOR 23536541.
• Becking, Bob (2014). "Moloch". In Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew (ed.). The Ashgate En… See more