Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Catholic Biblical Quarterly
Angaben zur Quelle:
83,2 (2021) 220-240
Keywords:
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Scarabs
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Hebrew language, Biblical Terms and phrases
Abstract:
In keeping with the semantic core of the root גלל, the term גלולים designates “rollers.” Connections with Egypt suggest a more specific use of גלולים in a number of passages of the Hebrew text of Ezekiel. It is a designation of the widely spread iconographic concept of the scarab, with its phenotypes of scarab-shaped and scaraboid stamp seals, heart scarabs, and depictions on reliefs. Heart-shaped amulets alluding to the scarab ideology provide the backdrop of Ezek 14:3. The scarab’s association with the heart replacement in Egyptian mortuary cult shapes the backdrop of Ezek 6:5–6 and 36:25–27.
DOI:
10.1353/cbq.2021.0046
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