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Tammuz
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A Syrian idol, mentioned in Ezekiel 8:14 , where the women are represented as weeping for it. It is generally supposed that Tammuz was the same deity as the Phoenician Adonis, and perhaps the Egyptian Osiris. The fabled death and restoration of Adonis, supposed to symbolize the departure and return of the sun, were celebrated at the summer solstice first with lamentation, and then with rejoicing and obscene revels.
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These files are public domain and are a derivative of the topics are from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary published in 1859.
These files are public domain and are a derivative of the topics are from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary published in 1859.
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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Tammuz'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/t/tammuz.html. 1859.
Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Tammuz'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/t/tammuz.html. 1859.
