Yahweh and the Sun

by J. Glen Taylor

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850752729
• ISBN13: 9781850752721
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.8"