The relationship of the biblical tradition to golden calf worship
seems to be entirely negative. In the Torah and the Book of Kings,
harsh criticism is wielded against the golden calf the Israelites
made in the wilderness (Exod 32; Deut 9:7-10:11) and the calves
erected by Jeroboam ben Nebat (1 Kgs 12:26-33) at Dan and Bethel
during his reign over the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Hence, the
question arises as to whether Jeroboam in truth set up the golden
calves in order to buck the postulates of the Israelite religion of
his time; that is, was Jeroboam's golden calf really meant to lure
Israel into worship of other gods or idolatry? The research into
the background and factors which motivated negative attitudes
towards the Golden Calf will provide an insight as to when
prohibition of images in the Israelite religion became crystallized
and how it was indispensable in proclamation of the monotheism of
YHWH.
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