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   From: truecatholicstaff@truecarpentry.org   
      
   On 4/18/2024 4:51 PM, Ted wrote:   
   > David Dalton wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >   
   > The name Yahweh was imported from the south, late in the 2nd millenium   
   > BCE. Integration of Yahweh with the Canaanite god Bull El was an   
   > ongoing project for the next several centuries. I've never read   
   > anything about a solar origin, though, but it's plausible.   
   >   
      
   what do you expect from an infidel heathen?  He is just plain full of   
   shit, and if you read the real Bible, you will find out, your not   
   suspossed to listen to them.  And doing Business with them is a big no no.   
   You will just get God angry.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)