really an attempt to cast into doubt the validity of Judah's central shrine, the Ark of the Covenant. "The author of E, in fashioning the golden calf story, attacked both the Israelite and Judean religious establishments." As adoration of wealth A metaphoric interpretation emphasizes the "gold" part of "golden calf" to criticize the pursuit of wealth. This usage can be found in Spanish where Mammon, the Gospel personification of idolatry of wealth, is not so current. In popular culture Eponymous subjectsLe veau d'or est toujours debout (The Golden Calf is still standing), an aria in Charles Gounod's opera FaustCave of the Golden Calf, a notorious nightclub in Edwardian London, created by Frida Uhl "The Golden Calf and the Altar", an episode in the unfinished opera Moses und Aron, a three-act, uncompleted opera by Arnold SchoenbergThe Golden Calf, a sculpture by conceptual artist Damien Hirst "The Golden Calf", a song on the Prefab Sprout album From Langley Park to MemphisMooby the Golden Calf, a fictional character featured in the works of Kevin SmithThe Little Golden Calf, a satirical novel by Soviet authors Ilf and Petrov Dance Around the Golden Calf, a painting by Emil Nolde The Calf of Dan'', a sculpture by James W. Washington Jr. The 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) featured a golden statue of former United States President Donald Trump. Online commentators compared the figure with the Exodus's golden calf, considering Trump's largely evangelical and conservative Christian base. Others In Episode 79 of Batman, a Golden Calf full of money was stolen by The Riddler See also Bull of Heaven Cattle in religion Erev Rav Gugalanna Ki Tissa and Eikev, Torah parshiot dealing with the Golden Calf Red heifer Sacred bull Tauroctony References Further reading External links The Golden calf from a Jewish perspective at Chabad.org Rabbi Fohrman's Lectures on the Golden Calf The Golden calf from Ein Hod perspective Islamic interpretation of the story of the Golden calf in the Qur'an Story of Muses and Aaron in the Qur'an Jewish Encyclopedia: Calf, Golden Online Quran Project 20.83 Aaron Animal sculptures Animals in the Bible Book of Exodus Cattle in art Cattle in religion Cult images Deities in the Hebrew Bible Gold sculptures Hebrew Bible words and phrases Hebrew Bible objects Idolatry Jewish art Metaphors referring to cattle Moses Mythological bovines Horned deities Sacred bulls Cattle deities