>The reference is to the famous Biblical passage when Joshua 'made the sun >stand still'. He apparently also made the Moon stand still over the >valley of Ajalon at the same time. > >Presumably this is all figurative and obviously not literal. Time can >seem to pass very quickly in battle--a few minutes can seem like hours.
I doubt that it is figurative because it apparently stood still for "about a whole day" (see below). Of course if it were literal, it would be expected to have been recorded in the ancient records of other cultures (sounds reasonable?). JOS 10:12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. JOS 10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. Ian Tresman London, UK
