Tammuz in Biblical History

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Who is Tammuz?
TAM'MUZ
(sprout of life), probably the same with the Adonis of Grecian mythology, who was fabled to have been killed by a wild boar while hunting, and to have been passionately bewailed by Venus. The worship of Tammuz, as conducted in Syria, was accompanied with obscene rites. It took place in July. Eze 8:14.

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