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golden calf, in the Bible, an idol erected by the Israelites on several occasions. Aaron Aaron (âr`ən), in the Bible, the brother of Moses and his spokesman in Egypt, and the first high priest of the Hebrews.
..... Click the link for more information. made one while Moses Moses (mō`zĭs), Hebrew lawgiver, probably b. Egypt. The prototype of the prophets, he led his people in the 13th cent. B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. was on Mt. Sinai. Jeroboam I Jeroboam I (jĕrəbō`əm), in the Bible, first king of the northern kingdom of Israel.
..... Click the link for more information. made two, and Hosea Hosea (hōzē`ə, –zā`ə), prophetic book of the Bible.
..... Click the link for more information. denounced a calf in Samaria. A bull cult was widespread in Canaan 1 According to biblical ethnography, Canaan was the son of Ham and the ancestor for whom the Canaanites were named.

2 Territory, the same as ancient Palestine, lying between the Jordan, the Dead Sea, and the Mediterranean and sometimes including Transjordan.
..... Click the link for more information. at the time of the Israelite invasion.

Golden Calf

Mephisto’s cynical and demoniacal tarantella. [Fr. Opera: Gounod, Faust, Westerman, 187]

See : Evil

golden calf

idol made by Aaron in Moses’s absence. [O.T.: Exodus 32:2–4]

See : Idolatry