LEADER 03379nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910808063303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-39726-9 010 $a9786613397263 010 $a3-11-021121-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110211214 035 $a(CKB)1000000000692170 035 $a(EBL)370779 035 $a(OCoLC)476206352 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000213628 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11912199 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000213628 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10152467 035 $a(PQKB)11166311 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC370779 035 $a(DE-B1597)35295 035 $a(OCoLC)1013956789 035 $a(OCoLC)1037981720 035 $a(OCoLC)1041989662 035 $a(OCoLC)1046613255 035 $a(OCoLC)1047012227 035 $a(OCoLC)1049629515 035 $a(OCoLC)1054879108 035 $a(OCoLC)703226859 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110211214 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL370779 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10256641 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL339726 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000692170 100 $a20080909d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOf wings and wheels $ea synthetic study of the biblical cherubim /$fAlice Wood 210 $aBerlin ;$aNew York $cWalter de Gruyter$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (268 p.) 225 1 $aBeihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft,$x0934-2575 ;$vBd. 385 300 $aOriginally presented as author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Edinburgh). 311 $a3-11-020528-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction --$tPart I. The Biblical Texts --$tPart II. The Root k-r-b and Comparative Semitic Material --$tPart III. The Archaeological Evidence --$tBackmatter 330 $aThis study examines the physical form and cultic function of the biblical cherubim. Previous studies of the cherubim have placed too great an emphasis on archaeological and etymological data. This monograph presents a new synthetic study, which prioritises the evidence supplied by the biblical texts. Biblical exegesis, using literary and historical-critical methods, forms the large part of the investigation (Part I). The findings arising from the exegetical discussion provide the basis upon which comparison with etymological and archaeological data is made (Parts II and III).The results suggest that traditions envisaging the cherubim as tutelary winged quadrupeds, with one head and one set of wings, were supplanted by traditions that conceived of them as more enigmatic, obeisant beings. In the portrayal of the cherubim in Ezekiel and Chronicles, we can detect signs of a conceptual shift that prefigures the description of the cherubim in post-biblical texts, such as The Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice and the Enochic texts. 410 0$aBeihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ;$v385. 606 $aAngels$xBiblical teaching 615 0$aAngels$xBiblical teaching. 676 $a235/.3 700 $aWood$b Alice$01695635 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808063303321 996 $aOf wings and wheels$94074998 997 $aUNINA