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To: Yehuda
The reforms of Hezekiah mentioned were not against decentralized Jewish worship, but against pagan idolatry. These are pagan idols, and similar ones were common throughout the whole region. They're not simply objets d'art.

For a comparison, here are some Greek and Roman small clay ancestor idols, which I believe are the equivalent of what we see here:


24 posted on 12/27/2012 3:50:15 PM PST by Boogieman
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