(March 6, 2022 at 1:32 pm)GrandizerII Wrote:(March 6, 2022 at 1:28 pm)JairCrawford Wrote: No connection even here?
“So the king fnconsulted, and he made two golden calves; and he said to fnthe people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt. And he set up one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.“ 1 Kings 12:28-29
Where's the connection in the text made between a golden calf and altar? I'm not seeing it.
Golden calves != altars (even per the Bible). Golden calves were representations of the other gods. Altars were where you sacrifice animals at for the gods.
BTW: I'm just a layperson going by what he's reading, so a reminder to refer to scholars for the actual answers.
Right that’s a good point. I probably need to do some reading about where the graven images representing deities in ANE religion were placed in conjunction with altars. That would give more historical context to understanding these verses.
