““One of the most interesting aspects of Waterman’s theory is his explanation of the contents of the debîr. According to the Bible, this housed the cherubîm and the Ark of the Covenant, and there is no reason to think that these items were secondarily placed in the debîr. Waterman argues that the cherubîm could not have represented the presence of YHWH anymore than the cherubîm guarding the Garden of Eden would have done so. ””
![“Elisha the prophet. For when his fellow-prophets were hewing wood for the construction of a tabernacle, and when the iron [head], shaken loose from the axe, had fallen into the Jordan and could not be found by them, upon Elisha’s coming to the place, and learning what had happened, he threw some…” quote by The Church Fathers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/929/the-church-fathers-1438_two-hands_elisha-the-prophet-for-when-his-fellow-p_1852697.jpg)
![“Now let us analyze the other two occupants of the inner Sanctuary or Oracle. They are the two cherubim who guard the Ark ... [and] "The Molten Sea" ...There are also two other elements of the Temple of which they are the image, and these other two units are the Great Pyramid and the Inner Court…” quote by William Eisen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/36d/william-eisen-84122_ancient-history_now-let-us-analyze-the-other-two-occupan_275621.jpg)
![“Much of [John Hanning] Speke's Journal of the Discovery of the Source of Nile is devoted to descriptions of the physical and moral ugliness of Africa's "primitive races," in whose condition he found "a strikingly existing proof of the Holy Scriptures." For his text, Speke took the story in Genesis…” quote by Philip Gourevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ee3/philip-gourevitch-17484_dry-land_much-of-john-hanning-speke-s-journal-of_3017463.jpg)
![“[The Christian story] amounts to a refusal to affirm life. In the biblical tradition we have inherited, life is corrupt, and every natural impulse is sinful unless it has been circumcised or baptized. The serpent was the one who brought sin into the wold. And the woman was the one who handed the…” quote by Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/82b/joseph-campbell-300_adam-and-eve_the-christian-story-amounts-to-a-refusal_170106.jpg)