From: "C. Stirling Bartholomew" <jacksonpollock AT earthlink.net>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Lost wax casting Exo 32:4
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 21:31:00 -0700
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.