“... In the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple literature, numerous texts refer to the lifeless materials from which idols were fashioned. Infrequently, however, are more than four of such materials listed. The noticeable exceptions occur in Daniel 2:32– 33; 5:4, 20; the Prayer of Nabonidus in 4Q242 1.7–8; Epistle of Enoch at 1 Enoch 99:7; and Revelation 9:20. The sequence of materials in the lists compare as fol- lows: Daniel 2:32–33 – gold, silver, bronze, iron (legs and feet), clay Daniel 5:4, 23 – gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, stone 4Q242 1–3.7–8 – silver, gold, [bronze], [iron], wood, stone 1 Enoch 99:7 – stones, gold, silver, wood, clay Revelation 9:20 – gold, silver, bronze, stone, wood The closest correspondence occurs between the text in 4Q242 and Daniel 5:23, with the former having the sequence of “silver, gold.” The remaining texts differ in number and content with one another, except for the Epistle and Revelation which each list five materials used in the making of idols. Significant, however, is not so much the correspondence of materials, but the combination of these lists with the link drawn between idolatry thus described and the worship of demonic beings; Revelation uniquely shares this among ancient sources with the Epistle of Enoch.82 ...”