Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>]

On 18/02/2006 20:39, tladatsi AT charter.net wrote:
> Peter,
>
> I am not sure I agree with you.  It is true that in the house of Micah that 
> there were carved and molten images but it also had an ephod and teraphim.  
> The ephod is strongly assoicated with the worship of Yahweh.  Many Biblical 
> characters used teraphim without any negative association against them (David 
> escapes from Saul's wrath by placing a teraph in his bed to look like David 
> is sleeping).  The temple in Jerusalem had carved images of the seraphim.  
> Certainly molten images are banned but it seems clear that Micah is 
> worshiping Yahweh, in however an unorthodox fashion.
>
>   
But wasn't Jeroboam also doing this? That is certainly one 
interpretation of the northern Israelite cult.

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