How Tall Is the God of the Tabernacle and Solomon’s Temple?: Computing Yahweh’s Stature
The article assumes that there is a correspondence between the size of a temple and its divine resident. How tall was the god of the tabernacle and Solomon’s Temple? The article sets an experiment by computing Yahweh’s perceived stature through three routes. First, it estimates Yahweh’s size by comp...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2025
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| In: |
Scandinavian journal of the Old Testament
Year: 2025, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-44 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ark of the Covenant
/ Tabernacle
/ Temple
/ Temple (Jerusalem)
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
cherub thrones
B the Megiddo ivory plaque B the ‘Ain Dara temple B Solomon’s Temple B footstool B Yahweh’s body B the ark of the covenant B the tabernacle |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | The article assumes that there is a correspondence between the size of a temple and its divine resident. How tall was the god of the tabernacle and Solomon’s Temple? The article sets an experiment by computing Yahweh’s perceived stature through three routes. First, it estimates Yahweh’s size by comparing the architectural layouts of Solomon’s Temple and the ‘Ain Dara temple. Second, Yahweh’s height is calculated by comparing the cherub thrones of Solomon’s Temple and the Megiddo ivory plaque. Third, the article estimates Yahweh’s stature by comparing the ark of the covenant (understood as part of the cherub throne-and-footstool configuration) and the Megiddo ivory plaque’s footstool depiction. The imagined stature was between three and three-quarter metres and seven metres tall. |
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| ISSN: | 1502-7244 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scandinavian journal of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09018328.2024.2427796 |