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Author Taylor, Glen.

Title Yahweh and the sun : biblical and archaeological evidence for sun worship in ancient Israel / J. Glen Taylor.

Publication Info. Sheffield, England : JSOT Press, [1993]
©1993

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Description 1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 111
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 111.
Note Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 1989.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-298) and indexes.
Contents Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Plates; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; A Cult Stand from Tell Taanach; A Terracotta Equid from Hazor; A Solar Symbol for the Royal Israelite Seal?; The Imlk Jar Handles and the Royal Emblem of the Kingdom of Judah; Horse Figurines with ''Sun Disks''; The Solar Orientation of Cultic Structures; A Royal Stamp with Bull and Disk; Yahwistic Personal Names from Epigraphic Sources; Conclusion; Chapter 3 BIBLICAL EVIDENCE; Personal Names; Place Names.
The Expressions ''Yahweh of Hosts'' and ''Host of Heaven''Sun Worship in the Deuteronomistic History and Chronicles; Sun Worship in the Prophets; Sun Worship in Job; Sun Worship in the Psalms; Conclusion; Chapter 4 CONCLUSIONS; Appendix A: SOLAR ALIGNMENT: ARAD TEMPLE (IRON II) (AHARONI); Appendix B: SOLAR ALIGNMENT: ARAD TEMPLE (IRON II) (HERZOG); Appendix C: SOLAR ALIGNMENT: ''SOLAR SHRINE'' AT LACHISH; Appendix D: SOLAR ALIGNMENT: ''BASEMENT HOUSE'' AT BEER-SHEBA; Appendix E: SOLAR ALIGNMENT: HELLENISTIC SHRINE AT BEER-SHEBA; Appendix F: SOLAR ALIGNMENT: TELL TA''YINAT.
Appendix G: SOLAR ALIGNMENT: SOLOMONIC TEMPLE (MORGENSTERN)Appendix H: SOLAR ALIGNMENT: SOLOMONIC TEMPLE (HOLLIS); Appendix I: SOLAR ALIGNMENT: SOLOMONIC TEMPLE (THEORETICAL); Appendix J: YAHWISTIC PERSONAL NAMES WITH POSSIBLE SOLAR ELEMENTS FROM EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES; PLATES AND FIGURES; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
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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Subject Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. Old Testament.
Bible -- Antiquities.
Bible.
Antiquities.
Bible. A.T. -- Critique, interprétation, etc.
Bible.
Bible. Old Testament.
Sun worship in the Bible.
Sun worship in the Bible.
Sun worship -- Middle East.
Sun worship.
Middle East.
Indexed Term Christianity Scriptures
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Taylor, Glen. Yahweh and the sun. Sheffield, England : JSOT Press, ©1993 1850752729 9781850752721 (DLC) 94126784 (OCoLC)29689450
ISBN 9780567635495 (electronic book)
056763549X (electronic book)
1850752729
9781850752721