Targums Onkelos / Pseudo-Jonathan / Jerusalem Fragments — Etheridge — Section 36
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Work: Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch
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Cherubim seen by Ezechiel, (chap. i. and x.,) and by St. John, (Rev. iv.,) they are represented with the four faces of the ox, the lion, the eagle, and the man; but from Exod, xxv. 20 it may be inferred that those upon the ark had only the human visage; which seems to authorize the idea of Eben Bzra, that they had the appearance of “winged men.” Among the opinions about the meaning of these mystic forms, one is, that they were emblems of the Divine Presence; and another, that they set forth a representation of redeemed humanity. The name Cherud has been variously derived. Some consi…
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