According to the Torah, the Bible, and the Quran, the golden calf (Hebrew: עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב, romanized:ʿēḡel hazzāhāḇ) was a cult image made by the Israelites when Moses went up to Mount Sinai. In Hebrew, the incident is known as "the sin of the calf" (Hebrew: חֵטְא הָעֵגֶל, romanized:ḥēṭəʾ hāʿēḡel).

2021年5月27日 · Currently, it seems more probable that the calf was meant as a manifestation of YHWH, Nanna, Baal, or another Baal-like deity. The second is that the calf was associated with the Canaanite religion, specifically the moon deity, Nanna/Sin.

Baal (/ ˈbeɪ.əl, ˈbɑː.əl /), [6][a] or Baʻal, [b] was a title and honorific meaning 'owner' or ' lord ' in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. From its use among people, it came to be applied to gods. [11] .

1 天前 · Examine the mysterious Canaanite and Near Eastern origins of the Golden Calf story from the Book of Exodus.

2021年11月1日 · Bull and calfs were a traditional animal sacrifice in that time and symbolized strength and fertility. Many gods in Egypt were fashioned after bulls, so the golden calf was a natural choice for the Israelites coming out of Egypt. The golden calf represented God's power for having delivered the Israelites from Egypt.

6 天之前 · golden calf, idol worshipped by the Hebrews during the period of the Exodus from Egypt in the 13th century bc and during the age of Jeroboam I, king of Israel, in the 10th century bc. Mentioned in Exodus 32 and I Kings 12 in the Old Testament, worship of the golden calf is seen as a supreme act of apostasy, the rejection of a faith once confessed.

The incident of the golden calf in Exodus 32 depicts the Israelites' idolatry while Moses was on Mount Sinai. They crafted a golden calf, worshiping it as their deliverer from Egypt.

The story of the golden calf, the greatest scandal of the wilderness period, is recalled in Deuteronomy 9:9‑21 (Parashat Eikev), based on the fuller account in Exodus 32 (Parashat Ki Tissa). What the calf represented is debated by scholars. Images of bulls and calves were common in Near Eastern religions.

2022年2月16日 · Northern Israel worshipped El/YHWH in the form of a golden bull. The Bible mocks this graven representation of the divinity by describing it as a calf. Bronze Statue of a bull discovered at the 12th century B.C.E. cultic site at Dhahrat et-Tawileh, Samaria. Picture: Nathaniel Ritmeyer, Wikimedia.

GOLDEN CALF (Heb. עֵגֶל מַסֵּכָה, Ex. 32:4; עֶגְלֵי זָהָב I Kings 12:28), the golden image made by Aaron at the behest of the Israelites and venerated near Mount Sinai (Ex. 32). Exodus 32 relates that the Israelites, anxious about Moses' prolonged absence, demanded that *Aaron provide a god to lead them.