RT Article
T1 Mica (Giudici 17-18): vita standard di un fabbricante di statue
JF Henoch
VO 45
IS 2
SP 307
OP 321
A1 Moro, Caterina 1964-
LA Italian
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1916996868
AB The story of Micah (Judges 17-18), a commoner who built for himself a private temple and statue of God near the city of Dan, is analyzed in this paper not as a textual witness of the attitude toward divine images in ancient Israel (a very debated topic in history and archeology) but as an example of late retelling, with a tinge of parody, of cultic traditions. In Jewish exegetical texts, Micah becomes the man who, with a magic object created by Moses, transforms the golden calf in the wilderness into a living animal: this story betrays the influence of magic literature and practices.
K1 Divine Images in The Bible
K1 Book of Judges
K1 City of Dan
K1 Midrash
K1 Magic In Late Antiquity