Sin of the Calf

The Rise of the Bible's Negative Attitude Toward the Golden Calf

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

Av Youn Ho Chung, PhD Youn Ho Chung, Andrew Mein

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The relationship of the biblical tradition to golden calf worship seems to be entirely negative. In the Torah and the Book of Kings, harsh criticism is wielded against the golden calf the Israelites made in the wilderness (Exod 32; Deut 9:7-10:11) and the calves erected by Jeroboam ben Nebat (1 Kgs 12:26-33) at Dan and Bethel during his reign over the Northern Kingdom of Israel.Hence, the question arises as to whether Jeroboam in truth set up the golden calves in order to buck the postulates of the Israelite religion of his time; that is, was Jeroboam's golden calf really meant to lure Israel into worship of other gods or idolatry?The research into the background and factors which motivated negative attitudes towards the Golden Calf will provide an insight as to when prohibition of images in the Israelite religion became crystallized and how it was indispensable in proclamation of the monotheism of YHWH.

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Utgivningsdatum2010-07-08
Mått163 x 244 x 24 mm
Vikt536 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieLibrary of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Antal sidor256
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9780567425904

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Chapter 1. Introduction1. The Aim of the Research2. The Survey of the Research3. The Aniconism of the Israelite Religion and the Nature of the Calf Image4. Questions for Research5. The Motives of the Negative Attitude towards the Calf Image-Methodological considerations Chapter 2. The Sins of Jeroboam I and the Calves1. The Sins of Jeroboam I and Calves2. The Deuteronomist and the Ulterior Motive behind the Polemic against the Calf Image Chapter 3. The Analysis of the Texts1. Exodus 322. The Analysis of Dtn 9:1 - 10:113. The Polemical Points Chapter 4: Hosea and the Calf Image1. The Essential Considerations for Arguments in the Chapter2. Baalism and the Calf Image3. Conclusion Chapter 5: The Motives of the Deuteronomistic Polemic against the Calf Image and the Prohibition of Images1. Dtn 4 and the Prohibition of Image2. The Time of Crystallization of the Prohibition of Image and Its Motive3. The Deuteronomist's Polemic against the Golden Calf Chapter 6: Summary and Conclusion

The Sin of the Calf is a comprehensive study of one of the most important topics in the history of Israel's religion: the cult of the Calf that was practiced in the northern Kingdom for several centuries during pre-exilic times. Dr. Chung has considered this topic from every angle, examining the archeological evidence, the question of origins and influences, the religious phenomenology and the implications for the history of monotheism, monolatry and aniconism in Israel. Skillfully combining source-critical and tradition-critical study, he has arrived at a new and persuasive historical reconstruction of the circumstances leading to the rise of the Calf worship, its initial legitimacy, its erosion in the eyes of some of its practitioners, its subsequent condemnation in the prophetic-Elohistic tradition, its distortion in the eyes of the Deuteronomistic historian, and its echoes in later texts. --Baruch J. Schwartz, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem