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golden calf, in the Bible, an idol erected by the Israelites on several occasions. Aaron Aaron , in the Bible, the brother of Moses and his spokesman in Egypt, and the first high priest of the Hebrews. He is presented as the instrument of God in performing many signs, such as the turning of his rod into a serpent and causing the rod to bud, blossom, and
..... Click the link for more information. made one while Moses Moses , Hebrew lawgiver, probably b. Egypt. The prototype of the prophets, he led his people in the 13th cent. B.C. out of bondage in Egypt to the edge of Canaan. The narrative in the Bible is the chief source of information on his life. ..... Click the link for more information. was on Mt. Sinai. Jeroboam I Jeroboam I , in the Bible, first king of the northern kingdom of Israel. He was an Ephraimite and led a revolt against Solomon, inspired probably by the restlessness of N Palestine under southern rule. ..... Click the link for more information. made two, and Hosea Hosea , prophetic book of the Bible. It relates something of the career of the prophet Hosea who preached against the sins of the northern kingdom of Israel in the third quarter of the 8th cent. B.C. ..... Click the link for more information. denounced a calf in Samaria. A bull cult was widespread in Canaan 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 ..... 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]
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