TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wood,Alice
TI  - Of Wings and Wheels: A Synthetic Study of the Biblical Cherubim 
T2  - Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ,
SN  - 9783110205282
AV  - BS1199.A5 W66 2008
U1  - 235.3 22/ger
PY  - 2008///]
CY  - Berlin, Boston : 
PB  - De Gruyter, 
KW  - Angels
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - Cherubim
KW  - Engel
KW  - RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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 --; Backmatter; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - This 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110211214
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110211214
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110211214/original
ER  -