Humor in the Bible - Exodus 32:7-9

JT (alabama24)

I was reading Exodus 32 as part of my Bible reading plan today, and I came across Aaron's building of the "golden calf." It struck me as humorous that God would call the people "stiff-necked." I thought perhaps there might be a connection between "stiff-necked" and "calf." A couple of my resources relate "stiff-necked" with "difficult to yoke" (which is the basis for why I thought it humorous) but they did not tie it back to the golden calf. 

If anyone has a fuller library than I do, I would love to know if anyone else sees the connection between "stiff-necked" and the golden calf.

Justin

Rosie Perera

Even more to the point -- a golden calf has a stiff neck by its very nature, because it's made out of metal. I couldn't find any resources in my Library (6572 resources) that mentions such a connection, but that doesn't mean you aren't onto something. [:)]