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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SAC-SAR |
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SANCHUNIATHON (Gr. form of Phoenician Sakkun-yathon, " the god Sakkun has given ") , an ancient Phoenician sage, who belongs more to legend than to history. He is said to have flourished " even before the Trojan times," " when Semiramis was queen of the Assyrians." Philo
Philo
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inscriptions on the 'AovveZI (probably hammdnim, " sun pillars," cf. Is. xxvii. 9, &c.) which stood in the Phoenician temples. That any writings of Sanchuniathon ever existed it is impossible to say. Philo drew his traditions from various sources, adapted them to suit his purpose, and conjured with a venerable name to gain credit for his narrative. Porphyry says that Sanchuniathon (here called a native of Byblus) wrote a history of the Jews , based on information derived from Hierombal (i.e. Jeruba'al), a priest of the god Jevo (i.e. Yahveh, Jehovah
late
See Eusebius
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