In a message dated 5/14/01 10:18:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
lizfried AT umich.edu writes:
the Glory was the Ark! The Ark was the idol, the hypostasis,
of Y-HWH, or indeed, Y-HWH himself.
Not at all. But the Ark was the seat upon which G-d's presence was to be
encountered. When the Ark was removed their was no vehicle (so to speak)
through which G-d could make his immanent presence accessible. I could
believe that some people confused G-d's presence (the "Glory") with G-d, and
thought G-d actually manifested upon the Ark, but I do not at all accept that
they confused the Ark, the seat, with G-d and considered the seat an idol or
representation of G-d.
Hayyim