josephus flavius

[ronit maoz]

Dear listmembers, I found an interesting description of a sundial  in Josephus Flavius, Against Apion, Book 2, 2 (trans. W. Whiston). It concerns  Moses, who according to him was from Heliopolis:  'That he also set up pillars instead of gnomoms, under which was represented a cavity like that of a boat, and the shadow that fell from their tops fell down upon that cavity, that it might go round about like course as the sun itself goes round in the other.' I'll be happy to hear your comments on that passage. Sincerely, Ronit Maoz