Endnote 14 – Did King Solomon Violate the Second Commandment?

For a synopsis of Jewish attitudes toward images during this period, see the learned and beautifully written treatment by Carl Hermann Kraeling, The Synagogue, Excavations at Dura-Europos, Final Report VII, pt. 1 (New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1956; reprinted, New York: Ktav, 1979), pps. 340–346.