03454nam 2200709Ia 450 991045451900332120200520144314.01-283-39726-997866133972633-11-021121-110.1515/9783110211214(CKB)1000000000692170(EBL)370779(OCoLC)476206352(SSID)ssj0000213628(PQKBManifestationID)11912199(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000213628(PQKBWorkID)10152467(PQKB)11166311(MiAaPQ)EBC370779(DE-B1597)35295(OCoLC)1013956789(OCoLC)1037981720(OCoLC)1041989662(OCoLC)1046613255(OCoLC)1047012227(OCoLC)1049629515(OCoLC)1054879108(OCoLC)703226859(DE-B1597)9783110211214(Au-PeEL)EBL370779(CaPaEBR)ebr10256641(CaONFJC)MIL339726(EXLCZ)99100000000069217020080909d2008 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrOf wings and wheels[electronic resource] a synthetic study of the biblical cherubim /Alice WoodBerlin ;New York Walter de Gruyterc20081 online resource (268 p.)Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft,0934-2575 ;Bd. 385Originally presented as author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Edinburgh).3-11-020528-9 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. The Biblical Texts -- Part II. The Root k-r-b and Comparative Semitic Material -- Part III. The Archaeological Evidence -- BackmatterThis study examines the physical form and cultic function of the biblical cherubim. Previous studies of the cherubim have placed too great an emphasis on archaeological and etymological data. This monograph presents a new synthetic study, which prioritises the evidence supplied by the biblical texts. Biblical exegesis, using literary and historical-critical methods, forms the large part of the investigation (Part I). The findings arising from the exegetical discussion provide the basis upon which comparison with etymological and archaeological data is made (Parts II and III).The results suggest that traditions envisaging the cherubim as tutelary winged quadrupeds, with one head and one set of wings, were supplanted by traditions that conceived of them as more enigmatic, obeisant beings. In the portrayal of the cherubim in Ezekiel and Chronicles, we can detect signs of a conceptual shift that prefigures the description of the cherubim in post-biblical texts, such as The Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice and the Enochic texts. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ;385.AngelsBiblical teachingElectronic books.AngelsBiblical teaching.235/.3Wood Alice1057134MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454519003321Of wings and wheels2492081UNINA