American Lectures On the History of Religions volume 3
American Lectures On the History of Religions volume 3
Jastrow, Morris, 1861-1921
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2, 16). ' Between these two general statements repeated sup- plementary insertions containing specific accusations have been made ; but the more tangible and im- portant of these are confirmed by indisputable witnesses. Jeremiah testifies to the fact that the preceding kings and nobles, priests and prophets of Judah, together with the inhabitants of Jerusalem, "served the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven" (viii. 2; cf. Also xix. 13), and that the women of Jerusalem worshipped " the q...ueen of heaven" (vii. 18). Even after the fall of Jerusalem the women say to Jeremiah's face, in Egypt, that they, with their fathers, their kings, andtJie nobles, had formerly served the queen of heaven in Jerusalem, and that things then went well with them (xliv. ISff-)- Zephaniah also complains that his contemporaries serve "all the host of heaven" (i. 5). Ezekiel de- scribes how men pay reverence to the sun in the inner court of the Temple, and how the women weep for Tammuz at the north gate of the Temple (viii.
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