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	Jewish symbolism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The breastplate was in the center of the ephod, as the earth formed the center of the universe; the girdle symbolized the ocean, the stones on the shoulders the sun and moon, and the jewels in the breastplate the twelve signs of the zodiac, while the miter was a token of heaven.
		The influence of Judaism upon Christian symbolism as early as the 2nd and 3rd centuries C.E., is apparent both in painting and in sculpture, the most frequent motives being those which occur in the Mishnah as formulas for prayer on fast-days.
		Job sitting among the ashes was the symbol of patience and of the power of resistance of the flesh; and Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah in the fiery furnace typified steadfastness in persecution and faith in the aid of God.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jewish_symbolism (2330 words)

	Symbolism
		Symbolism may for our present purpose be defined to be the investing of outward things or actions with an inner meaning, more especially for the expression of religious ideas.
		Religious symbolism is effective precisely in the measure in which it is sufficiently natural and simple to appeal to the intelligence of the people.
		Other forms of symbolism are of much later development, for example the type which as been called "the Eucharistic Ecce Homo" representing Our Saviour with the sacred wounds, divested of his garments and standing in the tomb, not dead but living.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/s/symbolism.html (3370 words)

	Symbolism
		The fish was used worldwide as a religious symbol associated with the pagan "Great Mother Goddess." It was meant to represent the outline of her vulva.
		This symbol is not as popular with Satanist and may even be used exclusively by those practicing other forms of the occult such as wicca and other forms of witchcraft.
		This symbol used by Yahweh's chosen race (Debarim/Deuteronomy 7:14) is often confused with the hexagram by those not familiar with symbology but the Magen David lacks the all too familiar circle associated with most other popular occultic symbols.
	www.nazarite.net /symbolism.html (1278 words)

	Ancient Judaism
		The earliest form of Judaism was characterized by explicit monotheism ("there is no god but Yahweh"), devotion to Jerusalem as the "holy city", and a belief in the future advent of a saviour figure or "messiah", descended from King David, who would establish a kingdom of justice and peace on earth.
		A set of highly distinctive religious practices, including male circumcision, a ban on idol-worship, the sabbath and dietary laws (especially avoidance of pig's meat and the prohibition of eating meat and milk at the same meal), were strictly observed especially by Jews in the diaspora, where intermarriage with non-Jews was also officially resisted.
		The two pillars by the main door of the Temple, the seven branched candle-stick (menorah), the high-priest's jewelled breastplate and the rams horn (shofar) are among the religious symbols appearing in early Jewish literature and synagogue art.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/judaism/ancjud.html (595 words)

	Jewish Symbolism
		Symbols of the Tribes of Israel, The Heraldry of Israel.
		Hands held in benediction are the symbol of the Cohens, members of the priestly family of the tribe of Levi.
		This case is known as a mezuzah ("doorpost"), because it is placed upon the doorposts of the house.
	www.symbols.net /jewish (504 words)

	Religious Symbolism
		The main symbol of Scientology is composed of: The letter "S" which represents Scientology, An upper triangle whose sides represent three closely interrelated factors: knowledge, responsibility and control, A lower triangle which represents affinity, reality and communication.
		THE SEAL of the Theosophical Society is composed of a number of symbols, all of them having been used from ancient times to express profound spiritual and philosophical concepts about humanity and the universe.
		Symbols surround us in myriad forms and form an inextricable part of our daily lives, yet unlike our spoken languages, schooling in symbolism is left to the individual initiative.
	www.symbols.net /religious (887 words)

	Modern Judaism
		According to Judaism, all of us are born with the basic desire for self-satisfaction which is important for the survival of individuals and of humanity as a whole.
		In traditional Judaism, the dining table is regarded as the equivalent of the altar of sacrifice in the Temple.
		The challenge for Judaism is to draw on the strengths of its past, while being open to the future in such a way as not to remain static or to die.
	www.ehcweb.ehc.edu /faculty/fkellogg/211u2.htm (2313 words)

	YESHUA - SYMBOLISM
		Symbolism in the Tanakh is an extension of the Bible that shows the depth of mind of G-d.
		The beautiful symbolism is not a science but a depth of artistic flare of a creator that has no limitation of time.
		Again the symbolism of wood, stone and iron, which is symbolic of Yeshua being scourged with the whip imbedded with the iron nails and stabbed with a spear.
	home.sprynet.com /~webartist/symbol.html (2696 words)

	Babylonian Judaism
		Babylonian Judaism adheres to the basic tenets of the Jewish faith: belief in one creator God; belief that Israel is God's chosen people from whom the Messiah, or anointed one of God, will come to unite the Jewish people in the land of Israel; and the authority of the Torah.
		The inherent problems which the small residual Jewish community in Iraq faces have been exacerbated in recent years now that Israel and Iraq are officially at war with one another following the scud attacks against Israel during the Persian Gulf war of 1991.
		Examples of outward symbols are the fringed garment (tzitzith), the 'phylacteries' (tefillin), and the sign on the doorpost (mezuzah).
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/judaism/babjud.html (844 words)

	RELIGIONS : Judaism
		The various forms of Judaism and its sacred history mostly resulted in different tribes, fractions and schools founded by some individual patriarch or teacher.
		A unique set of cultural symbols is associated with each of these twelve stages.
		It is true that the qabalah introduced emptiness (the letters are not written but carved) and a set of operational imaginal techniques based on the manipulation of letters, numerations and their corresponding symbols.
	www.sofiatopia.org /equiaeon/juda.htm (2157 words)

	About Symbolism
		The symbols used in 18th-century Masonic tracing boards are references to the vast body of literature and philosophy which documents Renaissance thought.
		The squares are not the symbol; the Pavement is the symbol.
		In Masonic symbolism, they are assigned names: Wisdom to the Ionic Column in the middle, Strength to the Doric Column on the left, and Beauty to the Corinthian Column on the right.
	www.guigue.org /guitex63.htm (1897 words)

	Judaism
		Judaism constitutes the religious doctrines and rites of the Jews as enjoined in the laws of Moses.
		The Muslims admit that their religion is founded on Judaism.
		The Synagogue was a church, a school, and a court of justice.
	www.dlshq.org /religions/judaism.htm (1165 words)

	Symbols
		We must first understand the critical role symbolism plays in Judaism (which is defined by the keeping of the Torah).
		For example, each state has its own symbol which is meant to conjure up images that define the state (New York uses the Statue of liberty which symbolizes freedom).
		And symbolism in Judaism uses our human nature in the exact same way: it takes an idea which is already known to us, and either through visual (such as the way in which the Tabernacle was built) or physical (lighting Shabbos candles) expression reinforces this idea.
	www.jbuff.com /d030801.htm (513 words)

	Eschatological Number Symbolism in Judaism and early Christianity
		In this symbolism, the onset of the new area is expressed by the number that directly follows its complete cyclic period in the traditional Jewish calendar.
		The number eight is the most known example of this typical Christian messianic symbolism, as it represents the resurrection of Jesus on the first day of the (new) week.
		Between circles and squares, crosses and numbers, explanations of biblical symbolism and architectural proportions, everything seems to be involved in a mystical messianic symbolism that makes this article interesting to read.
	www.sephar.net (690 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Symbolism
		Revelation 5:8; 8:3) seem sufficiently to declare what was the spiritual meaning underlying the outward sign.
		Of the pallium, a white woollen band encircling the neck and hanging before and behind, it can at least be said that from the time of St.
		Gregory the Great it has been sent by the pope to archbishops with the distinctly expressed purpose of symbolizing the archiepiscopal jurisdiction conferred upon them, a purpose for which it is expressly blessed and laid "upon the body of Blessed Peter" in the "confession" of the great Roman basilica" (see TENEBRAE).
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14373b.htm (3440 words)

	Symbolism in the Bible - Library center for e-courses
		Thus, whether or not the ancient Egyptians were racist towards the Ethiopians, or the colour symbolisms of the Old Testament were meant literally, they served to inform the later practices of slavery and colonialism, and to justify to the slave owners and colonizers their historic actions.
		The ephah is parodied, he argues, as symbolizing a type of Judaism that advocates the construction of temples in places besides Jerusalem, as well as the use of an image of a goddess in the worship of Yahweh, so as to have a concrete representation of divine royal rule in every local community.
		Abstract: The divine council is one of the central symbols in the OT.
	lib.haifa.ac.il /www/mesila/bible/data.htm (10719 words)

	FT June/July 2000: The Godlessness that Failed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sacrificed—in this last respect, communism traded on the symbolism of Judaism and Christianity: the expectation of a New Jerusalem and the sacrifice of self for others.
		The Communist borrows from Christianity and Judaism a comfort, viz., that his prostration places him on the side of justice and compassion.
		It tried desperately to replace "bourgeois morality" (in reality, the morality of Judaism and Christianity, more dear to the poor perhaps than to the affluent) with "Socialist morality," in which the human person is never an end but always a means.
	www.firstthings.com /ftissues/ft0006/articles/novak.html (3718 words)

	Judaism in the Time of Early Christianity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This course covers the main developments in Judaism from 70 to 640 C.E. in Israel and Babylonia in the context of late antique culture.
		The course examines in detail studies of the issues of rabbinic biography and the development of the ritual of Jewish prayer in the era as responses to the changing social and political circumstances of the era.
		Analytical study of Babylonian Judaism and the Talmud.
	www.h-net.org /~judaic/syllabi/syllabi/JWST3100.htm (297 words)

	Symbolism
		Oaths, covenants, iconic symbols, leadership recognition had a consistent 'original' African root, this root is recognizable once you understand the keys.
		Only souls which weighed less than Ma'at (symbolically represented as a feather) were allowed to start a long and perilous journey to Aaru to exist in pleasure for all eternity.
		Therefore, the biblical Moses was entrenched with the symbol of the ‘field of reeds’ as his natural authority, from his birth and adoption to his marriage.
	www.essaysbyekowa.com /symbolism.htm (11058 words)

	Masonic Symbolism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Though dated some in its scholarship the work is so inclusive and full of symbolic hints and important ways to understand the occult tradition that it is still a faithful guide and introduction to the living tradition of Masonic occultism.
		He traces the evolution of organizations such as the comacine masters, the Arab turuqs, the brotherhoods of builders created under the aegis of the Benedictines and Knights Templar, and the crafts guilds that formed in England--all of which have contributed to the transmission of a sacred tradition from pre-Christian times to the modern era.
		This tradition is the source of today’s Masonic ritual and symbolism, and it provides the missing link in the transformation of the masonry of the medieval cathedral builders to the spiritual principles of the Freemasonry that exists today.
	www.wordtrade.com /religion/worldreligions/occultR.htm (13346 words)

	matrix symbolism
		Neo is overtly constructed as a Jesus figure: he is "the One" who was prophesied to return again to the Matrix, who has the power the change the Matrix from within (i.e., to work miracles), who battles the representatives of evil and who is killed but comes to life again.
		Neo's apartment number is 101, symbolizing both computer code (written in 1s and 0s) and his role as "the One." Near the end of the film, 303 is the number of the apartment that he enters and exits in his death / resurrection scene, evoking the Trinity.
		Gnosticism may have had its origins in Judaism, despite its denigration of the Israelite God, but the issue is complex and still debated within scholarly circles.
	www.matrixkennels.com /matrix_symbolism.htm (8583 words)

	the symbolism of the pomegranate and Jewish tradition. - www.ezboard.com
		The land of wheat and barley, the vine and fig and pomegranate, a land of the olive tree and honey"
		Any one of these particular fruits, in the eyes of the sages, was a symbol of various human characteristics and cause for the glorification of the Jewish people, the land of Israel or the Torah.
		It is frequently mentioned in the Bible and is one of the seven species with which the Land of Israel is blessed (Deuteronomy 8:8).
	surlalunefairytales.com /boardarchives/2003/mar2003/sympomegranate.html (1060 words)

	USC Events Calendar - Avoda
		Hanukah lights, for example, represents the Maccabees’ miraculous oil, while a seder-plate is a litany of suffrage and liberation symbols.
		Kahn – a first generation Orthodox Jew whose grandparents escaped Nazi Germany – felt he could use his artistic skills to create a fusion of modern art and traditional ritual object that could then be used by family and friends.
		His creations reveal the timelessness of an ancient, eternal presence, yet they remain strikingly contemporary in their refusal to allude to familiar and domestic conventions of Judaica.
	www.usc.edu /calendar/events/24249.html (416 words)

	normblog: Boycott symbolism
		In rare cooperation, the ultra Orthodox Jewish and Muslim communities in the holy city had tried to prevent the parade, scheduled for June 30, saying it would infringe on their religious sensitivities...
		The vote was prompted by the Anglican Justice and Peace Network, and is being seen as largely symbolic.
		Well, I won't rehearse all the arguments about boycotts which were spelled out on this blog in connection with the recent AUT business, but here's one little piece of symbolic reflection I'd like to share with the Anglican consultative council and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
	normblog.typepad.com /normblog/2005/06/boycott_symboli.html (373 words)

	RE: Judaism
		The dreidel - a four sided top with a Hebrew letter on each side - is another common symbol of the festival, and there is some multi-media fun, or you can print off a pattern to make your own...
		For more advanced students there is material on the history of Jerusalem; the Talmud; and a 'Road Map to Jewish Learning' (see 'Explore'), an introduction to both the written and the oral Torah (non-textual traditions which have been transmitted down the generations from the time of Moses).
		most have six dishes for the six symbols.' Click on the large seder plate on the screen to find out about the special foods served for the seder - the history and symbolism and how they are prepared.
	www.angliacampus.com /education/learnx/re/juda.htm (1524 words)

	HCC Students Observe Diversity In World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Students observed the symbolism of Judaism firsthand at Temple Emmanu-El in Weldon as the guests of Bill Kittner.
		HCC world religion class members traveled to Weldon recently as guests of Bill Kittner, a leader at the Temple Emanu-El, the Jewish synagogue in Weldon.
		Kittner spoke to HCC students on the customs and doctrines of Judaism as they experienced it first-hand among the artifacts and religious symbols in the sanctuary of the Temple.
	www.hcc.cc.nc.us /Halifacts/archive/0301M.htm (162 words)

	Judaism
		I haven't examined the tale of Moses closely yet, but suspect that the "burning bush" original script could be a "glowing rose" amidst thorns, like my rose vision on sun stare page.
		Also according to Jon Marshall Symbolism of the Rose in Alchemy the rose is a symbol used in Kabbalah, and I plan to investigate that later.
		From Solomon's Song of Songs, the "rose of Sharon" may not be the shrub with that modern name, and Sharon is a plain in Israel, and note that the website Rose of Sharon mythology says the Rose of Sharon has Mother Goddess associations.
	www.nfld.com /~dalton/jewish.html (1572 words)

	judaism
		Luckily, the town's rabbi found symbolism in their shape that lent itself well to the holiday.
		Amazon UK For the majority of Jewish children, their Judaism is confined to certain parts of their lives; school perhaps, synagogue occasionally, and traditional family activities.
		Finding Judaism in unexpected places can be a delightful surprise for children.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/place/dd68/PBQ/religion/judaism/judaism.htm (5941 words)

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