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Josephus - Antiquities of the Jews 3.289 William Whiston (1737) When they set up the tabernacle, they received it into the midst of their camp, three of the tribes pitching their tents on each side of it; and roads were cut through the midst of these tents. It was like a well-appointed market; and ...

Herodotus 7.100 Xerxes alighted from his chariot into a Sidonian ship and sat under a golden canopy ὁ Ξέρξης μετεκβὰς ἐκ τοῦ ἅρματος ἐς νέα Σιδωνίην ἵζετο ὑπὸ σκηνῇ χρυσέῃ Plutarch, Themistocles 16 (set during reign of Xerxes) He will no longer sit under a golden parasol οὐκέτι καθήμενος ὑπὸ σκιάδι...

The Persian Mithras was not a Sun God, neither was the Greek Apollo. The Romans turned them into Sun Gods, as they did with Jesus. Also, Resurrection is not an attribute of a Sun God, but of Gods associated with wine making.

But Josephus doesn't mention Paul

Also the verb ὂν is neuter thus doesn't specify a gender, but in LXX Exodus 3:14 it is ὢν (masculine).

Horon is written as a dual, Horonaim (חרנים) and Jeremiah 48:34 associates it with Zoar (צער) which means ἀγορά which suggests Horonaim (חרנים) means ἀγοραῖν "of two assemblies" i.e a city ruled by two assemblies, probably a people's assembly and a council of chiefs.

You probably confusing ὄν with און i.e. Genesis 41:50 כהן און "Priest of On" which is διάκονος Ζανός "Priest of Zeus" cf. Διόσπολις (αρχαία πόλη της Αιγύπτου)

ὄν is the present participle of the verb εἰμί

In classical Greek, ειμι can be used as a substantive verb. LSJ. of persons, exist, “οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ οὗτος ἀνήρ, οὐδ᾽ ἔσσεται” Od.16.437. In fact in Homer, the substantive ειμι is usually in the future tense, i.e. ἔσσεται, ἔσσομαι and in Biblical Hebrew אהיה means "I will be". cf. Genesis 31:3 אה...

Book of Daniel is a pretext of Ezra-Nehemiah which begins with Artaxerxes. 2 Chronicles 36:21 To fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah ... to fulfill seventy years . Daniel 9:1 - Darius the son of Ahasuerus Esther 1:1 - Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus Daniel 9:1 ~ In the...