Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IX, 1952 Sacred Scripture Old Testament

Oolla and Ooliba

OOLLA E OOLIBA

Italian original Cite

Also known as: Aholah, Aholibah, Oholah, Oholibah; Latin: 'Ohôlibhâh

OOLLA AND OOLIBA. - Symbolic names chosen by Ezekiel (ch. 23) to designate Samaria and Jerusalem. Both are transcriptions of the Hebrew 'Ohôlâh = "a tent of her own" or "she who has a tent of her own"; 'Ohôlibhâh = "my tent in her" or "she in whom is my tent" (it is the Lord who speaks); from 'ôhel = "tent."

The Kingdom of Samaria, having separated from Judah, had established two sanctuaries at Bethel and Dan (1 Kings 12:28 ff.), thus erecting "a tent of its own," against the sanctuary of Jerusalem; it was severely punished for its infidelities. Judah has within its bosom the Temple, the tent of the Most High; this privilege aggravates its responsibility, because it has sinned more than "its sister" Samaria (Ezek. 16:44-52; 23); it must therefore be punished at least as much as the latter.

Bibliography

BIBL.: F. Spadafora, Ezechiele (La S. Bibbia, ed. S. Garofalo), Turin 1948, pp. 182-90.

Francesco Spadafora

About this entry

By Francesco Spadafora

How we know signed in print

Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), col. 150.

More by Francesco Spadafora: Holofernes · Osee · Othoniel (Heb. 'Othniel') · Earthly Paradise · Parthians

Cite this article

Chicago

Spadafora, Francesco. “Oolla e Ooliba.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 150. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/oolla-e-ooliba.

MLA

Spadafora, Francesco. “Oolla e Ooliba.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 150. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/oolla-e-ooliba.

BibTeX

@incollection{ec9_oolla_e_ooliba,
  author    = {Spadafora, Francesco},
  title     = {Oolla e Ooliba},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {150},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/oolla-e-ooliba}
}

One of some 20,000 entries brought back from the twelve printed volumes (1948–54). Spotted something? Help us improve it.