Biblical Hebrew Forum

["C. Stirling Bartholomew" <jacksonpollock AT earthlink.net>]

On 8/15/04 7:57 PM, "David N. da Silva" <huyxh8s02 AT sneakemail.com> wrote:

> I presume that in the second millennium, one would make a golden figurine by
> using the lost wax method.

David,

The lexical syntactic data do not seem to suggest casting.

U.Cassuto and others suggest a plating process where the gold is worked over
a wooden model. If you look at Ex. 32:20 you will notice that the artifact
in question is subject to burning. Wood burns. Gold does not burn.


greetings,
Clay Bartholomew