Yahweh and the sun : biblical and archaeological evidence for sun worship in ancient Israel /
This challenging provocative book argues that there was in ancient Israel a considerable degree of overlap between the worship of the sun and of Yahweh-even that Yahweh was worshipped as the sun in some contexts. As an object created not by humankind but by God himself, the sun as an object of vener...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Sheffield, England :
JSOT Press,
©1993.
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| Series: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;
111. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | This challenging provocative book argues that there was in ancient Israel a considerable degree of overlap between the worship of the sun and of Yahweh-even that Yahweh was worshipped as the sun in some contexts. As an object created not by humankind but by God himself, the sun as an object of veneration lay outside the bounds of the second commandment and was considered by many to be an appropriate ''icon'' of Yahweh of Hosts. Through its ivestigation of ''solar Yahwism'', this book offers fresh insight into several passages (e.g. Genesis 1;32.23-33; Joshua 10.12-14; 1 Kings 8.12; Ezekiel 8.1. |
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| Item Description: | Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 1989. EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-298) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780567635495 056763549X |
