Thursday, December 10, 2009

Burn graven images?

Deuteronomy 7:25 says, “The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.” So, the Israelites should burn any images of any god other than theirs. They are also not supposed to make graven images of their own of anything on earth or the heavens. I just went to the the Israel Museum, in Jerusalem and found on display artifacts from the Matters of Eternity 
Special Exhibit

Below is a description of what is on exhibition.

“An intimate display of highlights from the Museum’s Archaeology Wing evokes subjects that lay at the heart of the ancient world: religious faith and ritual, divine law, gods and earthly rulers, the powerful cycle of nature and concern for the world to come – all regarded as matters of eternity. These important objects include: the fragment from a 9thcentury BCE Aramean monument that mentions the House of David; a Roman sculpture of the goddess Kore, whose annual return from the underworld heralded the coming of spring and the rebirth of nature.”
It is on display in the: Youth Wing Foyer. Shouldn’t they burn these images of other gods? Below is one of the images. I believe it is Egyptian.

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