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  2. Cult image - Wikipedia

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    Some members of Abrahamic religions identify cult images as idols and their worship or veneration as idolatry; the worship of hollow forms, though others do not. The matter has long been controversial, depending largely on the degree of veneration or worship which is thought by opponents to be given to them.

  3. Idolatry - Wikipedia

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    Moses Indignant at the Golden Calf, painting by William Blake, 1799–1800. Idolatry is the worship of an idol as though it were a deity. [1] [2] [3] In Abrahamic religions (namely Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baháʼí Faith) idolatry connotes the worship of something or someone other than the Abrahamic God as if it were God.

  4. Abrahamic religions - Wikipedia

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    The term Abrahamic religions (and its variations) is a collective religious descriptor for elements shared by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. [6] It features prominently in interfaith dialogue and political discourse but also has entered academic discourse. [7] [8] However, the term has also been criticized for being uncritically adopted. [7]

  5. Religious image - Wikipedia

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    A religious image is a work of visual art that is representational and has a religious purpose, subject or connection. All major historical religions have made some use of religious images, although their use is strictly controlled and often controversial in many religions, especially Abrahamic ones.

  6. Golden calf - Wikipedia

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    The Adoration of the Golden Calf – picture from the Hortus deliciarum of Herrad of Landsberg (12th century). According to the Torah and the Quran, the golden calf (Hebrew: עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב, romanized: ʿēḡel hazzāhāḇ) was a cult image made by the Israelites when Moses went up to Mount Sinai.

  7. Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia - Wikipedia

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    Cult images of a deity were most often an unworked stone block. [55] The most common name for these stone blocks was derived from the Semitic nsb ("to be stood upright"), but other names were used, such as Nabataean masgida ("place of prostration") and Arabic duwar ("object of circumambulation", this term often occurs in pre-Islamic Arabic ...

  8. List of pre-Islamic Arabian deities - Wikipedia

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    Isaf and Na'ila are a pair of deities, a god and a goddess, whose cult was centered near the Well of Zamzam. Islamic tradition gave an origin story to their cult images; a couple who were petrified by Allah as they fornicated inside the Kaaba. Attested: Al-Jalsad Al-Jalsad is a god worshipped by the Kindah in Hadhramawt. Attested: Jihar

  9. Category:Cult images - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to cult images, human-made objects that are venerated or worshipped for the deities, persons, spirits or daemons which they embody or represent. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.