philo thinks the sun as charioteer represents the logos-- goodenough's pictures of chariot icons-- makes the same point. Jesus was pictured as the sun also-- but that does not mean the sun was seen as divine or any Jews worshipped it-- the rabbis note that david's references in psalms were to the nations who worshipped the sun in the morning while jews faced the opposite direction in the morning to pray. the images of sun and shekina -- rays-- are common-- josephus notes when essens deficated they shileded themselves from the divine rays which had no place at that time.
an image is one thing-- how it operated is quite another. herb basser For private reply, e-mail to Herbert Basser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from Orion, e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: "unsubscribe Orion." Archives are on the Orion Web site, http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il. (PLEASE REMOVE THIS TRAILOR BEFORE REPLYING TO THE MESSAGE)
