Biblical Hebrew Forum

[c stirling bartholomew <cc.constantine AT worldnet.att.net>]

on 5/3/03 3:46 AM, Walter R. Mattfeld wrote:

> Dear Clay,
> 
> Mainstream scholarship understands God's throne to be a winged Sphinx
> throne, similar to Late Bronze Age and Iron Age exemplars from Canaan and
> Phonecia. The extended, upraised wings constituted the "arms" of the throne.
> For further details cf. my article on Cherubim Origins at the following url
> 

Thank you Walter.  I am reading your article again. I see you have revised
it. I was quite interested in this the first time I say it. The Ezekiel and
Isaiah throne texts have been an ongoing source of interest for decades.

I appreciate your help with this question,

Clay 

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