Moses and the Cherubim in the Ark
While they are in the Sinai wilderness, God gives Moses the command to place Cherubim atop the ark. What did God mean by Cherubim, given that they had not yet made touch with Mesopotamia? How would they have seemed when built in the middle of nowhere? "You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath," God declared emphatically in Exodus 20:4. However, in this instance, God gives Moses the command to "make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work" (v. 18). Why did God tell Moses to construct pictures of the ark of the covenant if it is improper to make any representations of celestial objects? I have read commentaries on this topic but cannot find much mention. Commentary on Exodus: From The Baker Illustrated Bible commentary by Elaine Phillips, Gary Burge, Andrew Hill, Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible: Exodus, Exodus: An Introduction and Commentary by R. Alan Cole, Go Out and Meet God: A Commentary on the Book of Exodus by Godfrey William Ashby and Holman Old Testament Commentary - Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers by Glen Martin.
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Who can see the cherub on the drawer?
Can the people who see the ark worship this cherub?
Was the Ark of the Covenant "an original" or was it a copy of something that had previously been shown to Moses?
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What Jewish teachers are you referring to here?
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Again, the Lexham Bible Dictionary is your friend. Think about cherubim relative to thrones, specifically.
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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You would do well to look up cherubim in Bible dictionaries and theological word books (TWOT/NIDOTTE).
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What articles in the LBD are you hinting at DMB? I cannot find anything.
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Christian Alexander said:
What articles in the LBD are you hinting at DMB? I cannot find anything.
Did you try cherubim?
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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Yes it and did not have a thing listed.
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Maybe your LBD is different from mine.
Mine discusses cherumim briefly in Near Eastern iconography, Biblical relevance in the tabernacle, temple and Ezekiel visions, etymology, archaeology and bibliography.
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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DMB said:
Maybe your LBD is different from mine.
Different from mine as well; I run a search and I'm seeing the same outline as you. Also, the key article for Cherubim in the Factbook is from the LBD.
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Christian Alexander said:
Yes it and did not have a thing listed.
For those of us who remember that the intent of Logos, despite it not being completed or fulfilling the intended function, is to have Factbook as a reliable starting point ...
In short, if one wishes to start with a Search (which I often do), if it doesn't provide results try the software creator's intended tool.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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But be careful not to select cherubim ... tabernacle ... the question of interest.
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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