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RARE PAIR OF VINTAGE GLASS CARVINGS--- BEAUTIFUL ANGELS, CHERUBS---PLEASE SEE ALL PHOTOGRAPHS FOR SIZES--ATTENTION: ARTIST, DESIGNERS, JEWELERS---THESE WILL INSPIRE A BEAUTIFUL CREATION---...history:A cherub ( Heb . כרוב , pl. כרובים , eng. trans k'rubh , pl. k'rubhim , dual k'rubhayim lat. cherub[us] , pl cherubi[m] , Assyrian ܟܪܘܒܐ ) is a type of divine being mentioned in the Bible , usually understood as a high-ranking angel . The plural can be written as cherubim or cherubs . In modern English the word is usually used for what are strictly putti , baby or toddler angels in art. This article is concerned with the original sense of the word.Cherubs are mentioned in the Torah (five books of Moses), the Book of Ezekiel , and the Book of Isaiah . They are also mentioned in the books of 1 Kings , 2 Kings , 1 Chronicles , and 2 Chronicles mainly in the construction of the House of God .The prophet Ezekiel describes them as a tetrad of living creatures, each having four faces: of a lion, an ox, an eagle (or griffon vulture [2 ]), and a man. They are said to have the stature and hands of a man, the feet of a calf, and four wings. Two of the wings extended upward, meeting above and sustaining the throne of God; while the other two stretched downward and covered the creatures themselves. In the Christian New Testament Cherubs are mentioned in the Book of Revelation .The term cherubim is cognate with the Assyrian term karabu , Akkadian term kuribu , and Babylonian term karabu ; the Assyrian term means 'great, mighty', but the Akkadian and Babylonian cognates mean 'propitious, blessed'. [3 ][ 4] In some regions the Assyro-Babylonian term came to refer in particular to spirits which served the gods , in particular to the shedu (human-headed winged bulls ); [5 ] the Assyrians sometimes referred to these as kirubu , a term grammatically related to karabu .[ 3] They were originally a version of the shedu , protective deities sometimes found as pairs of colossal statues either side of objects to be protected, such as doorways. [6 ][ 7] However, although the shedu were popular in Mesopotamia , archaeological remains from the Levant suggest that they were quite rare in the immediate vicinity of the Israelites. [8 ] The related Lammasu (human-headed winged lions — to which the sphinx is similar in appearance), on the other hand, were the most popular winged-creature in Phoenician art, and so most scholars suspect that Cherubim were originally a form of Lammasu. [9 ] In particular, in a scene reminiscent of Ezekiel's dream, the Megiddo Ivories — ivory carvings found at Megiddo (which became a major Israelite city) — depict an unknown king being carried on his throne by hybrid winged-creatures. [10 ] A pair of shedu , protecting a doorway (the body of the creatures extending into the distance) The Lammasu was originally depicted as having a king's head, a lion's body, and an eagle's wings, but due to the artistic beauty of the wings, these rapidly became the most prominent part in imagery ; [3 ] wings later came to be bestowed on men, thus forming the stereotypical image of an angel .[ 11 ] The griffin — a similar creature but with an eagle's head rather than that of a king — has also been proposed as an origin, arising in Israelite culture as a result of Hittite usage of griffins (rather than being depicted as aggressive beasts, Hittite depictions show them seated calmly, as if guarding), [12 ] and some have proposed that griffin may be cognate to cherubim ,[ 13 ] but Lammasu were significantly more important in Levantine culture, and thus more likely to be the origin. [3 ]Early Semitic tradition conceived the cherubim as guardians, being devoid of human feelings, and holding a duty both to represent the gods and to guard sanctuaries from intruders, in a comparable way to an account found on Tablet 9 of the inscriptions found at Nimrud .[ 3] In this view, cherubim, like the shedu, were probably originally depictions of storm deities, especially the storm winds. [14 ] This view is off... read more

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