Marianne Luban wrote :Well, Walter, to quote you (from http://www.bibleorigins.net/cherubthroneside.html),
"Walter Mattfield--where are you? Don't
you have a picture of a typical portable shrine somewhere online?"
Yes, the following url will take the interested viewer to a number of
proposals by various scholars.
http://www.bibleorigins.net/illustrations.html
To the degree that the Bible suggests that Israel dwelt in Egypt for 430 years, and Moses being a "prince of Egypt," supervising the Ark of the Covenant's construction at Mount Sinai, I have sought the origins of the Ark of the Covenant and its "Mercy Seat" in Egyptian portable thrones for gods amongst exemplars of the Late Bronze (ca. 1560-1200 BCE) and Iron Age periods (1200-1000 BCE).
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