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- Title
Gillûlîm: Rollers, Scarabs in Ezekiel.
- Authors
ADAM, KLAUS-PETER
- Abstract
In keeping with the semantic core of the root ..., the term ... designates "rollers." Connections with Egypt suggest a more specific use of ... 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.
- Subjects
SCARABS (Amulets); FUNERAL homes; BIBLE. Ezekiel; BIBLE. Hebrews
- Publication
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2021, Vol 83, Issue 2, p220
- ISSN
0008-7912
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/cbq.2021.0046