Category:Serpent of Bronze (subject)
The Serpent of Bronze refers to an episode in the narrative of the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt (Numbers 21:4-9).
Overview
According to ancient Jewish tradition (Numbers 21), in the desert of Exodus the people of Israel murmured against God. As a punishment many died of the poisonous bites of "fiery serpents". Moses erected the bronze image of a serpent, so that the sufferers could look at it as an act of repentance and be healed.
According to the Books of Kings, the image was put in the Jerusalem Temple and became an object of adoration until it was destroyed by King Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:4).
The Gospel of John reinterpreted the image as a symbol of the cross, while the Mishnah would remind its readers that it was God not the serpent who brought salvation.
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Pages in category "Serpent of Bronze (subject)"
The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
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- The Brazen Serpent (1511 Michelangelo), art
- Miracle of the Brazen Serpent (1542 Bronzino), art
- Moses and the Brazen Serpent (1559 Danti), art
- The Brazen Serpent (1576 Tintoretto), art
- The Brazen Serpent (1620 Dyck), art
- The Brazen Serpent (1639 Rubens), art
- Moses and the Brazen Serpent (1654 Bourdon), art
- The Brazen Serpent (1790 West), art
- Moses and the Brazen Serpent (1840 Bruni), art
- In the Wilderness; or, The Soul's Life (1895 Naylor / Metcalfe), oratorio
- Moses and the Brazen Serpent (1898 John), art
- Kobberslangen (1958 Hoffmann), novel
- The Brazen Serpent (1994 Ní Chuilleanáin), poetry