Golden calf traditions in early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Golden calf traditions in early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

The seventeen studies in Golden Calf Traditions in Early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam explore the biblical origins of the golden calf story in Exodus, Deuteronomy, and 1 Kings, as well as its reception in a variety of sources: Hebrew Scriptures (Hosea, Jeremiah, Psalms, Nehemiah), Second Temple...

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Other Authors: Mason, Eric Farrel (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Series: Themes in Biblical Narrative 23.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353275.

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Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Golden calf (Bible)
Judaism > Doctrines.
Theology, Doctrinal.
Islam > Doctrines.

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Call Number: BS1199.I34 G65 2018

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Preface and Acknowledgments /
  • Eric F. Mason and Edmondo F. Lupieri
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes on Contributors
  • The Calf Episodes in Exodus and Deuteronomy: A Study in Inner-Biblical Interpretation /
  • Robert A. Di Vito
  • The "Sin" of Jeroboam /
  • Ralph W. Klein
  • Do the Books of Hosea and Jeremiah Know of a Sinai/Horeb Golden Calf Story? /
  • Pauline A. Viviano
  • The Golden Calf in the Historical Recitals of Nehemiah 9 and Psalm 106 /
  • Richard J. Bautch
  • Did the Sheep Worship the Golden Calf? The Animal Apocalypse's Reading of Exodus 32 /
  • Daniel Assefa and Kelley Coblentz Bautch
  • Philo of Alexandria's Interpretations of the Episode of the Golden Calf /
  • Thomas H. Tobin S.J.
  • When Silence Is Golden: The Omission of the Golden Calf Story in Josephus /
  • Gregory E. Sterling
  • Leaders without Blemish: Pseudo-Philo's Retelling of the Biblical Golden Calf Story /
  • John C. Endres S.J. and Peter Claver Ajer
  • Paul and the Calf: Texts, Tendencies, and Traditions /
  • Alec J. Lucas
  • "They Made a Calf": Idolatry and Temple in Acts 7 /
  • Joel B. Green
  • Traces of the Golden Calf in the Epistle to the Hebrews /
  • Eric F. Mason
  • A Beast and a Woman in the Desert, or the Sin of Israel: A Typological Reflection /
  • Edmondo Lupieri
  • "A Good Argument to Penitents": Sin and Forgiveness in Midrashic Interpretations of the Golden Calf /
  • Devorah Schoenfeld
  • Anti-Judaism and Pedagogy: Greek and Latin Patristic Interpretations of the Calf Incident /
  • Wesley Dingman
  • Justin Martyr and the Golden Calf: Ethnic Argumentation in the New Israel /
  • Andrew Radde-Gallwitz
  • The Incident of the Golden Calf in Pre-Islamic Syriac Authors /
  • Andrew J. Hayes
  • "A Calf, a Body that Lows": The Golden Calf from Late Antiquity to Classical Islam /
  • Michael E. Pregill.