Phoenician Solar Theology An Investigation into the Phoenician Opinion of the Sun Found in Julian's Hymn to King Helios

"This is the first examination of the fragments of the solar theology of the Phoenicians. Beginning from the Emperor Julian's fourth-century statement that in the opinion of the Phoenicians 'the sunlight which is sent forth everywhere is the immaculate action of pure mind itself,' this book contends that there existed an authentic and ancient Phoenician solar theology, similar to that described by Julian, reaching back to the sixth or fifth century BCE. Such a theology is described in Damaskios' quotation from Mochos, the Sidonian philosopher. A passage from Philo of Byblos, preserved in John Lydus, and referring to "the noetic light," strengthens this argument. Phoenician funerary inscriptions are examined, together with relevant artistic evidence and some surviving accounts of Phoenician thought."--BOOK JACKET.Azize, Joseph is the author of 'Phoenician Solar Theology An Investigation into the Phoenician Opinion of the Sun Found in Julian's Hymn to King Helios', published 2005 under ISBN 9781593332105 and ISBN 1593332106.