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   "Ted"  wrote in message news:zT9WN.13490$qAn.11976@fx08.iad...   
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   >Andrew W wrote:   
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   >> "David Dalton"  wrote in message   
   >> news:0001HW.2BD1E45100465D1A70000679C38F@news.eternal-september.org...   
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   >> > Do you know of any biblical, historical, or archaeological   
   >> > evidence that Yahweh was initially a solar deity?   
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   >> > From a google of   
   >> > Is Yahweh a sun god? :   
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   >> > The following book turns up as first hit:   
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   >> > The Solar Nature of Yahweh   
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   >> > Reconsidering the Identity of the Ancient Israelite Deity   
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   >> > Daniel Sarlo   
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   >> > 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.   
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   >> All I know is Yahweh and Jehovah were extraterrestrials. So were Anu,   
   >> Marduk, Enki, Enlil and many others.  As for a solar/sun god, I think   
   >> Ra was more that.   
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   >LOL.   
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