In ancient Judaism and early Christianity, angels were portrayed as powerful beings who guarded the Garden of Eden, ...

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Why did the cherubim on the Ark of the Covenant face the walls? Cherubim appear in many biblical passages. The texts do not explicitly define them. Were they real or just imaginary? What we find in ...

We are all familiar with cherubs – small, winged children that have a status in Western art history as angels. But did you know this image you hold in your head of a cherub is completely unlike the ...

In this edifying outing, Hamori (Women’s Divination in Biblical Literature), a professor at the Union Theological Seminary, diligently combs through the Bible for “monsters” and “monstrous acts” that ...