The golden calf
object · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
a certain bull · golden calves · the effigy of a calf · the head of an ox · the likeness of a calf · the molten image
spoken of as
1 expressionGolden calf1 mention
Scorpiace (Latin)
The wise fire melts out for them the effigy of a calf, branding them as having their heart there where their treasure also was — in Egypt, forsooth, the consecratrix, among the other animals, of a certain bull too.
in the texts
Adversus Judaeos
The molten idol fashioned from Israel's gold ornaments and worshipped in place of God.
And when gold had been melted in the fire from the necklaces of the women and the rings of the men, and the head of an ox had come forth for them, all Israel, forsaking God, gave honour to this image, saying:
De idolatria
The golden calf idol made by the Israelites, cited as an example of a non-human-shaped idol.
Hence too every craftsman of an idol is guilty of the same and the one crime, unless the people committed too little of idolatry who consecrated to themselves the likeness of a calf, and not of a man.
Scorpiace
The molten calf idol made by Aaron from the Israelites' earrings at Sinai.
The wise fire melts out for them the effigy of a calf, branding them as having their heart there where their treasure also was — in Egypt, forsooth, the consecratrix, among the other animals, of a certain bull too.