9781850752721-1850752729-Yahweh and the Sun: Biblical and Archaeological Evidence for Sun Worship in Ancient Israel (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 111)

Yahweh and the Sun: Biblical and Archaeological Evidence for Sun Worship in Ancient Israel (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 111)

ISBN-13: 9781850752721
ISBN-10: 1850752729
Edition: 1
Author: J. Glen Taylor
Publication date: 1993
Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
Format: Hardcover 322 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781850752721
ISBN-10: 1850752729
Edition: 1
Author: J. Glen Taylor
Publication date: 1993
Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
Format: Hardcover 322 pages

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Yahweh and the Sun: Biblical and Archaeological Evidence for Sun Worship in Ancient Israel (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 111) (ISBN-13: 9781850752721 and ISBN-10: 1850752729), written by authors J. Glen Taylor, was published by Sheffield Academic Press in 1993. With an overall rating of 4.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Churches & Church Leadership (Christian Books & Bibles) books. You can easily purchase or rent Yahweh and the Sun: Biblical and Archaeological Evidence for Sun Worship in Ancient Israel (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 111) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Churches & Church Leadership books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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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 8.16-18; Psalms 19;104) and archaeological data regarding the orientations of Yawistic temples, the "lmlk" jar handles ,horse figurines, and the Taanach cult stand. The book argues that the struggle between Yahweh and other deities in ancint Israel took place within the context of the development of Yahwism itself.

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