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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   Do you know of any biblical, historical, or archaeological   
   evidence that Yahweh was initially a solar deity?   
      
   From a google of   
   Is Yahweh a sun god? ,   
      
   the following book turns up as first hit:   
      
   The Solar Nature of Yahweh   
      
   Reconsidering the Identity of the Ancient Israelite Deity   
      
   Daniel Sarlo   
      
   In The Solar Nature of Yahweh: Reconsidering the Identity of the Ancient   
   Israelite Deity, the original nature of the chief god of the Hebrew Bible,   
   Yahweh, is reexamined. Daniel Sarlo challenges the current consensus that   
   Yahweh was initially a storm god by examining the relevant biblical texts and   
   comparing them with Ancient Near Eastern texts, ultimately arguing that   
   Yahweh was a solar deity. The implication of this research is that Yahweh was   
   not a minor god who gradually accumulated characteristics to become the head   
   of the ancient Israelite pantheon, but rather a significant god from the very   
   beginning, or at least before the inception of the United Monarchy.   
      
   --   
   David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)   
   https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   “Mary walks down to the water’s edge and there she hangs Her head to   
   find herself faded a shadow of what she once was" (Sarah McLachlan)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)