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1 | Is the face of a cherub a bull? | Ezek 1:10 | Bows44 | 152030 | ||
Eze. 1:14 And each one had four faces. The first face was the face of a cherub, the second face was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. Does anyone have any insight as to what appears to be a contradiction between Eze. 1:10 and Eze. 10:14 because in Eze. 10:22 Ezekiel seems to be saying that they are the same cherubim. However, in vs 1:10 it lists the four faces as man, lion, bull, eagle and in vs 10:14 the four faces are listed as cherub, man, lion, eagle. Is the face of a regular cherub that of a bull? |
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2 | Is the face of a cherub a bull? | Ezek 1:10 | Michael Draves | 152050 | ||
Under the Cherub entry at www.jewishencyclopedia.com are the following: Concerning the form of these cherubim, an authority of the end of the third century says that they had the form of youths, ... . The last-named passage says that the cherubim which Ezekiel saw in his vision (Ezek. x. 1) also had this form, adding that the four creatures at the throne of God were originally man, lion, bull, and eagle, but that Ezekiel implored God to take a cherub instead of a bull; Ezekiel desiring that God should not always look upon a bull, which would continually remind Him of Israel's worship of that animal. It seems that the Talmud had noticed that Ezekiel's conception of the heavenly creatures differed from the traditional one. Following Lenormant's suggestions, Friedrich Delitzsch connected the Hebrew with the Assyrian "kirubu" equals "shedu" (the name of the winged bull). |
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3 | Very interesting... | Ezek 1:10 | Bows44 | 152088 | ||
Very interesting. So what you are saying, (or should I say what they are saying,) is that originally the cherubim had a face of a bull, but Ezekial convinced God to recreate them with a youthful face to replace the bull face giving them two human faces, one young and the other older? Where is the scriptural basis for this concept? Or is this just Jewish [man's] tradition? | ||||||
4 | Very interesting... | Ezek 1:10 | Michael Draves | 152102 | ||
This appears to be just Jewish tradition. If it were in aramaic instead of Hebrew I could understand wanting to change the word bull because it would sound too much like Torah but this is shir in Hebrew. I don't understand how Friedrich Delitzsch connected the Hebrew with the Assyrian saying "kirubu" equals "shedu" (the name of the winged bull). If it were just a miscopy I can see how a final bet could be mistaken for a resh or a dalet but it is less easy to see how the beginning shin might be taken for a kaf and a resh unless it looked messy. | ||||||
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