It is no wonder that for ancient peoples, the Sun was an object of sun worship.
The culture was a superior one, with a religion of sun worship, and advanced scientific knowledge.
It is an age far removed from sun worship and glorified tree spirits.
This led some people at the time to regard early Christianity as a form of sun worship.
Solar deities and sun worship can be found throughout most of recorded history in various forms.
Just remember that sun worship among our primitive ancestors was not far off the mark.
Remember the summers when you used to slather on the baby oil and sun worship for hours?
He was the one who introduced sun worship to these people, by the way, so there was something ironical in the means of his end.
There were also elements of non-Judaistic thinking in their practice of sun worship.
The prohibition against salat at these times is to prevent the practice of sun worship.