The Sin of the Calf: The Rise of the Bible's Negative Attitude Toward the Golden Calf

Chapter 1. Introduction
1.  The Aim of the Research
2.  The Survey of the Research
3.  The Aniconism of the Israelite Religion and the Nature of the Calf Image
4.  Questions for Research
5.  The Motives of the Negative Attitude towards the Calf Image-Methodological considerations 

Chapter 2. The Sins of Jeroboam I and the Calves
1.  The Sins of Jeroboam I and Calves
2.  The Deuteronomist and  the Ulterior Motive behind the Polemic against the Calf Image 

Chapter 3. The Analysis of the Texts
1.  Exodus 32
2.  The Analysis of Dtn 9:1 - 10:11
3.  The Polemical Points 

Chapter 4: Hosea and the Calf Image
1.  The Essential Considerations for Arguments in the Chapter
2.  Baalism and the Calf Image
3.  Conclusion 

Chapter 5: The Motives of the Deuteronomistic Polemic against the Calf Image and the Prohibition of Images
1. Dtn 4 and the Prohibition of Image
2. The Time of Crystallization of the Prohibition of Image and Its Motive
3. The Deuteronomist\'s Polemic against the Golden Calf 

Chapter 6: Summary and Conclusion