>>22219076I got more evidence.
Yahweh is alluded to as "Yahweh of Hosts," usually translated as "Lord of Hosts," a term that has bewildered many a Biblical student.
But that the Hosts stood for the stars can be gleaned from the tale of Creation in Genesis where it is stated that "the heavens and eretz [usually translated as 'earth'] were finished, and all the host of them."
Thus, "'Yahweh of Hosts' (Yahweh Tsva'ot) implies that Yahweh was head of the stars and was to be identified with the most important star of all, the sun.
That this is not idle speculation is supported by the implication that Yahweh was interalia known as "the sun of righteousness," which is described "with healing in its wings."
In other words, the winged sun disk is a symbol of the deity bringing salvation.
To be sure, the belief that Yahweh was represented as a winged disk had been suggested as early as 1894 by Eugene Goblet d' Alviella.
the additional fact that on a coin from Gaza of the fourth century B.C., Yahweh, so named, is depicted sitting on a winged sun-wheel. And since the sun-wheel stood for the sun-god's chariot, the depiction bridges the gap between the fourth century B.C. and the sun-god's chariot outside the gates of Solomon's Temple in the time of Josiah, usually dated to the seventh century B.C.
this coin isnt the only known representation of this Hebrew deity.
Amulets from the Hellenistic period do show Yahweh, and on one of them he is actually shown driving a sun-chariot.
There is no point in claiming that these charms bear foreign, that is Hellenistic, influences because, while this is true, the fact that Yahweh was envisaged as traveling in a sun chariot much earlier than Hellenistic times is again proven by the existence of the above mentioned sun chariot outside the gates of Solomon's temple.
What the Hellenistic coin showing Yahweh in his chariot therefore discloses is a continuation of the belief down into Hellenistic times.
