{"product_id":"of-wings-and-wheels-alice-wood-9783110205282","title":"Of Wings and Wheels: A Synthetic Study of the Biblical Cherubim","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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).\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice Wood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3110205289\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783110205282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.70d","brand":"Alice Wood","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43940752851199,"sku":"9783110205282","price":177.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b332f2e7-9d91-4b31-9efa-47abb91e5de9.jpg?v=1681448989","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/of-wings-and-wheels-alice-wood-9783110205282","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}