This paper argues that one should not speak of an “original aniconism” in the cult of Yhwh, the god of Israel. In the Northern kingdom and in the first temple of Jerusalem, this god was represented in a theriomorphic and ...

In this article we deal with the historical realities behind what we consider to belong to the old part of the Ark Narrative (1 Sam 4,1-7,1). Based on the finds of excavations at Kiriath-jearim, Shiloh and other places ...

The Ark of the Covenant, or Ark of Yhwh, has stimulated the imagination of many people from biblical times up to today: it has served as the inspiration for many stories, as the subject of paintings, and even the fodder ...