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Exodus 32:1-14
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
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Navigating the Bible: Text/Rabbinic commentary
and Divrei Torah. |
| "Idolatry,"
Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit. |
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Chapter LIII of
The First Epistle to the Corinthians,
Clement of Rome (ca.
96). |
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Chapter IV,
Chapter XIV
of the
Epistle of Barnabas.
(ca. 130) |
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Chapter XX, Dialogue
With Trypho, Justin Martyr.
(c 160) |
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IV.XXVII.3, Adversus
Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
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Chapter I, Adversus
Judaeos,
Tertullian
(c. 198) |
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I.11, Paedagogus,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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Chapter
V, On Patience,
Tertullian
(c. 202) |
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Chapter
III, Scorpiace,
Tertullian
(c. 213) |
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II.LXXIV, Against
Celsus,
Origen.
(c.246) |
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Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "The root of Idolatry is when men think that God is not present, unless
they see him physically." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "Weariness in waiting betrays to many
temptations." |
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| From
Wesley's
Notes.
| "They had a God that stayed with them, but they must have a God to go
before them to the land flowing with milk and honey." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "The Hebrew word rendered "gods" is simply the name of God
in its plural form. The image made was single, and therefore it would be imputing to the
Israelites a greater sin than they were guilty of, to charge them with renouncing the
worship of the true God for idols." |
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| Contemporary References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
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Commentary, Exodus 32:1-14, Karla Suomala, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
| "Tell me, whose side are you
standing on? I'm standing on the Lord's side. Whose side are you
standing on? Standing on the Lord's side. I stand, I stand, I stand,
I stand..." |
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of
Montreal. |
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Exodus 32:1-14, Pentecost 22, Commentary, Background, Insights from
Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna
Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia. |
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"The Return of Virtue,"
Daniel Deffenbaugh, Seeds of Shalom, 2008.
| "Though golden
calves are better at attracting our attention and briefly satisfying
our lusts, it will be the spiritual values of our faith tradition –
forged over time, and usually behind the scenes – that will be the
backbone of what sustains us through this present crisis." |
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The Old Testament Readings:
Exodus 32:1-14. Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
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"In preaching this passage, one might draw out implications for
church leadership..." |
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Exodus 32:7-14, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series C, Ralph W.
Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. |
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"Aaron
and the Gods of Gold,"
The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey
with Jesus Foundation, 2008. |
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"Is Seeing
Believing?" Torah Commentary by Alyssa Quint, BeliefNet.
| "The quick succession in which Moses
shatters the Two Tablets and melts down the Golden Calf suggests a
parallel between the two objects: both prove equally fragile." |
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"The Golden Calf and the
Golden Mishkan," Rabbi Arthur Waskow, The Shalom
Center. |
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"They
Are a Stiff-Necked People," Kosuke
Koyama, The Christian Century, 1989. At Religion Online.
| "It is this God, universal
because impartial, and vulnerable because passionately loving, who
leads us to say: "The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken
spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not
despise" (Ps. 5 1:17) When we say this from the heart, we are
healed of our stiff-neckedness." |
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Parshah Ki Tisa, text, commentary, stories, sermons & articles from
Chassidic Masters and others, from Chabad Lubavitch. |
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"Presumption
and Humility," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
| "While today's popular media may dwell
on the shortcomings of Christian public figures, the Church grows through
the example of the common people." |
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"The Golden Calf," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. |
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"How Quickly
They Forget!"
Expository Essay,
Dr. William R. Long.
Part 2.
| "One of the most freeing
realizations we can have is to realize that God is one who can be
argued with." |
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| "Liberated
by Law: Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Year A," Perry Yoder.
"Living the Word" from Sojourners Online, September/October, 1999.
| "Perhaps it is this other side, the underside of the liberation shekel,
that ought to give us in the West the most to ponder in reading the story of God’s
salvation in Exodus. This God of Exodus, who saves the oppressed, is the God who judges
the oppressor who will not let go." |
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| Parshas
Ki Sisa, Divrei Torah from The Project Genesis Torah Study. Index to numerous
Orthodox articles and studies on 30:11 - 34:35. |
| Parshat Ki
Tissa, articles and commentary by the Jewish Community of Atlanta, at The Torah From Dixie.
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| Articles & Background:
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"Golden Calf," Wikipedia. |
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"Small Lexemes, Large
Semantics: Prepositions and Theology in the Golden Calf Episode (Exodus
32-34)," D. Timmer, Biblica, 2007.
| "The various prepositions and statements regarding
divine presence in Exod 32–34 are fundamental to the development and
integrity of the narrative as its stands. Further, the fact that this
complex progression in divine presence spans pericopae usually attributed
to various sources suggests that the various pericopae are more in harmony
with one another than is often recognized." |
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"Exodus 32 As an Argument for Traditional Theism," Jonathan Master,
The Journal of the Evangelical
Theological Society, 2002. |
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The
Humiliation of the Word, Jacques Ellul.
Full text at Religion Online. |
| "Golden
Calf," article from the (1916) Catholic Encyclopedia.
| "Most writers have accepted the view of Philo and the early Fathers, who
regarded the worship of the golden calves as borrowed from the Egyptians, and in favour of
this opinion is the fact that both Aaron and Jeroboam had sojourned in Egypt shortly
before constructing their respective idols ... some recent scholars are inclined to seek
the origin of the Hebrew bull worship in the conditions and surroundings of the Israelites
as an agricultural people, for whom the bull was naturally an appropriate symbol of
strength and vital energy." |
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| "Current
Trends: The Desert as Reality and as Symbol," Donald Goergen, Spirituality
Today, March 1982.
| "The desert forms us; it ought
not detain us; yet we ought not too quickly reject what history has
taught us it has to offer." |
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| Aaron and the Golden
Calf, from And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of
Sex in the Bible. |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Aberbach, Moses and Leivy Smolar,
"Aaron, Jeroboam, and the Golden Calves," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 1967.
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| Bailey, Lloyd R., "The Golden Calf,"
Hebrew Union College Annual, 1971.
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| Balentine, Samuel E., "Turn, O Lord!
How Long?" Review & Expositor, 2003.
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| Brichto, Herbert Chanan, "The Worship of the Golden
Calf: A Literary Analysis of a Fable on Idolatry," Hebrew Union
College Annual, 1983.
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| Esselstyn, Micki Bingham,
"The Angel of Joy Demands Our Participation," The Living Pulpit,
1996.
(see
Joy issue focus of The Living Pulpit 5.4, 1996.)
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| Flatto, David C., "Golden
Sacrifices," Tradition, 2001.
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| Frankel, David, "The Destruction of the Golden Calf:
A New Solution," Vetus Testamentum, 1994.
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| Hillmer, Mark,
"Faith in the Old Testament: Pentateuch and Prophets for Pentecost,"
Word & World, 1998.
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| Honeycutt, Roy L., Jr., "Aaron, the Priesthood, and
the Golden Calf," Review & Expositor, 1977.
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| Janzen, J. Gerald, "The Character of the Calf and Its
Cult in Exodus 32," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1990.
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| Koyama, Kosuke, "They Are A
Stiff-Necked People," The Christian Century, 1989.
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| Lewy, Immanuel, "The Story of the
Golden Calf Reanalyzed," Vetus Testamentum, 1959.
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| Master, Jonathan,
"Exodus 32 as an Argument for Traditional Theism," Journal of the
Evangelical Theological Society, 2002.
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| McCann, J. Clinton, Jr., "Exodus 32:1-14: Expository
Article," Interpretation, 1990.
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| McKay, J.W., "Exodus 32:1-3, 6-8: A Decalogue for the
Administration of Justice in the City Gate," Vetus Testamentum,
1971.
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| Rundin, John S., "Pozo Moro, Child Sacrifice, and the Greek Legendary Tradition,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2004.
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| Smolar, Leivy and Moshe Aberbach, "The Golden Calf
Episode in Postbiblical Literature," Hebrew Union College Annual,
1968.
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| Reviews:
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Review:
Karla R. Suomala, Moses and God in Dialogue: Exodus
32-34 in Postbiblical Literature. Lang, 2004. Review by Thomas B.
Dozeman in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Review:
Michael Widmer, Moses, God, and the Dynamics of
Intercessory Prayer: A Study of Exodus 32-34 and Numbers 13-14. Mohr
Siebeck, 2004. Review by Christopher Heard, Review of Biblical
Literature, 2005. |
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| Sermons: |
| With Children:
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"Wandering in
the Wilderness,"
"Ten
Commandments," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons),
coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts. |
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"God Forgives a
Faithless People," Sunday School
Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc. |
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"The Golden Calf,"
children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian
Center. |
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| Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
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Clip Art, Exodus 32:7, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators. |
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Clip Art: Moses and
the Golden Calf, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission
Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. |
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This Just In,
Broken Laws,
Meant to be
Broken,
Fibber, Reverend Fun Cartoon, gospelcom.net. Check for printing
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