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
Let me add one more comment to this comment. There are plenty of Sumerian
gods with EN or NIN (Lord/Lady) as the first component in their names. UTU
is not one of them.
Victor
On Tue, 7 May 2002, avigdor horovitz wrote:
> Dear John,
> I find your comments as off base as the original suggestion
I have found the recent exchanges about Israelite Sun worship to be most
interesting, having done some research on this topic.
There are verses in the Hebrew Bible that metaphorically seem to identify
Yahweh-Elohim with the Sun. Malachi metaphorically identifies God with a
winged Sun disc whose w
Dear John,
I find your comments as off base as the original suggestion I commented
on, and inall due respect for your imagination I respectfully dismiss it
out of hand.
Please note that the sumerian sungod was named UTU, the Sumerian word for
sun. May I suggest that you do some reading on the deve
