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Jeroboam setting up two golden calves, Bible Historiale, 1372. The account of Jeroboam's life, like that of all his successors, ends with the formula "And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel". [37]
The Adoration of the Golden Calf – picture from the Hortus deliciarum of Herrad of Landsberg (12th century). According to the Torah and the Quran, the golden calf (Hebrew: עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב, romanized: ʿēḡel hazzāhāḇ) was a cult image made by the Israelites when Moses went up to Mount Sinai.
According to 2 Kings 10:29 and 2 Chronicles 13:8, Jeroboam erected two golden calves as gods in Bethel and Dan. Textual scholars believe that this is where the Elohist story of Aaron's golden calf originates due to opposition in some sections of Israelite society, including the Elohists, to the seeming idol-worship of Jeroboam. [17]
A cult of golden calves appears later during the rule of Jeroboam. According to the Hebrew Bible , an unblemished red cow was an important part of ancient Jewish rituals. The cow was sacrificed and burned in a precise ritual, and the ashes were added to water used in the ritual purification of a person who had come in to contact with a human ...
Winning two Golden Calves, Minoes was the best-selling Dutch children's film to date, and the DVD was certified platinum in 2002. [20] More than 815,000 people saw it in the theatre, making it the highest-selling Dutch film of the year. [21] The film won first prize at the 2002 Chicago International Children's Film Festival. [22]
Articles relating to the golden calf, an idol (a cult image) made by the Israelites when Moses went up to Mount Sinai. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
The Adoration of the Golden Calf by Nicolas Poussin. Erev Rav (Hebrew: עֵרֶב רַב ‘êreḇ raḇ "mixed multitude") was a group that included Egyptians and others who had joined the Tribes of Israel on the Exodus. [1] According to Jewish tradition, they were accepted by Moses as an integral part of the people.
It depicts the adoration of the golden calf by the Israelites, from chapter 32 of the Book of Exodus.It was made as part of a pair of paintings (the other being The Crossing of the Red Sea) commissioned by Amadeo dal Pozzo, Marchese di Voghera of Turin, a cousin to Cassiano dal Pozzo, Poussin's main sponsor in Rome.