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Martin Hauge\u2019s Descent from the Mountain<\/em><\/a>\u00a0draws attention to the parallels between Israel\u2019s reaction to Yahweh\u2019s direct revelation of the Ten Words (Exodus 20:18-21) and the golden calf incident and its aftermath (Exodus 32-34).<\/p>\n

The two episodes are introduced similarly: \u201cthe formal contacts of 20.18 and 32.1 [are] possible signs of a referential relationship. While 20.18a represents an expansion of the visio<\/em> motif in participle form and an extended description of what was seen, the sentence wayyar\u2019 ha\u2019am<\/em> in 18.b is identical to the introductory sentence in 32.1. And in both cases, the people\u2019s seeing results in an appeal introduced by imperatives and addressed to a leading figure\u201d (46).<\/p>\n

Both incidents interrupt the narrative flow and \u201cin both cases the interruption is connected to the position of Moses. In the first incident, the people\u2019s fright makes Moses the mediator by popular acclaim. The second results in the calf as a substitute for Moses as the people\u2019s leader, while the solution of the crisis makes the position of Moses supreme (34.29-35)\u201d (47).<\/p>\n

The parallels lead to a sobering conclusion: First God speaks the Ten Words, and the people refuse to hear His voice. Moses is sent up the mountain as mediator, but while he\u2019s receiving the word of Yahweh they construct a new mediator, the calf. When Moses comes down, he smashes the tablets of the Ten Words that he\u2019s just received from Yahweh.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s history under Torah thus begins<\/em> with a double rejection of the terms of the covenant.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"