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  • From: George Athas <gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au>
  • To: peter_kirk AT SIL.ORG
  • Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Adonis
  • Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 09:24:25 +1000


peter_kirk AT SIL.ORG wrote:

> >From "The Greek Myths" by Robert Graves (Penguin 1960):
>
> "Adonis (Phoenician: adon 'lord') is a Greek version of the Syrian
> demi-god Tammuz, the spirit of annual vegetation... the Adonia, a
> mourning festival in honour of Tammuz, was held at Byblus every
> spring."
>
> See also Ezekiel 8:14: mourning for Tammuz reached Jerusalem also, and
> was condemned as idolatry.

Thanks Peter. A query though: Why the very semitic looking "Adonis" in Greek,
but "Tammuz" in
Semitic? Should we perhaps be talking about Lord Tammuz?

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GEORGE ATHAS
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University of Sydney
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  • Adonis, George Athas, 05/10/1999
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • Re: Adonis, Kevin W. Woodruff, 05/10/1999
    • Re: Adonis, George Athas, 05/11/1999
    • Re[2]: Adonis, peter_kirk, 05/11/1999
    • Re: Adonis, George Athas, 05/11/1999

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