worship the golden calf
21TABLETS OF THE LAW — TABLETS OF THE LAW, the stones on which the decalogue was inscribed. In Exodus 24:12 it is stated that Moses was commanded to ascend Mount Sinai in order to receive the tablets of stone and the Torah and the commandments which I have written. On… …
22calf, golden — The archetypal image of apostasy, in Hebrew tradition. There is much evidence of the worship of cattle in the Near East, certainly from the 6th millennium BCE, in Anatolia, but the classical account of this apostasy in the OT is when Moses was so …
23Animal worship — (or zoolatry) refers to religious rituals involving animals, especially in pre modern societies, such as the glorification of animal deities, or animal sacrifice. The origins of animal worship have been the subject of many theories. The classical …
24Moses in rabbinic literature — Rabbinic Literature Talmudic literature Mishnah • Tosefta Jerusalem Talmud • Babylonian Talmud Minor tractates Halakhic Midrash Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael (Exodus) Mekhilta de Rabbi Shimon (Exodus) Sifra (Leviticus) Sifre (Numbers Deuteronomy)… …
25Wealth — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Wealth >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 wealth wealth riches fortune handsome fortune opulence affluence Sgm: N 1 good circumstances good circumstances easy circumstances Sgm: N 1 independence independence Sgm …
26Islamic view of Aaron — Haroon ( circa 1439 BC 1317 BC?), [ [http://www.thetruthoflife.org/messengers musa.htm The Truth of Life ] ] [ [http://www.zainab.org/commonpages/ebooks/english/short/prophets.htm :: www.zainab.org ] ] ( ar. هارون) was a prophet biblical times… …
27I am that I am — (Hebrew: אהיה אשר אהיה, pronounced Ehyeh asher ehyeh ) is a common English translation (King James Bible and others) of the response God used in the Bible when Moses asked for his name (Exodus 3:14). It is one of the most famous verses in the… …
28Idolatry — The Adoration of the Golden Calf by Nicolas Poussin. Idolatry is a pejorative term for the worship of an idol, a physical object such as a cult image, as a god,[1] or practices believed to verge on worship, such as giving undue honour and regard… …
29RIGHTS, HUMAN — The following article deals with the subject of human rights, their essence and the contents of various fundamental rights as reflected in the sources of Jewish Law. The interpretation of Israel s Basic Laws concerning human rights in accordance… …
30MESOPOTAMIA — The original article in the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica traced Mesopotamian history to its earliest beginnings and provided a detailed survey of Mesopotamian literature and institutions. With the availability of such tools as J.… …
