The original symbol/sign. Thanks.
No hate talk to bs please, you will be reported.
2006-08-26 14:34:05 · 4 answers · asked by Mithrandir_black 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Didn't know about the sheild, thanks. Any ideas before that? I know the christians took a lot of symbols and dates from the pagans, is this one?
2006-08-27 08:04:15 · update #1
Star of David (Magen David, Shield of David)
The Star of David is the primary modern emblem of the Jewish religion. How it came to be such is a matter of some debate. Legend has it that the emblem was used by the Biblical King David (hence the name 'Magen David,' or shield of David).
In reality, it was not associated specifically with the faith until the middle ages, when it began to appear on flags, tombstones, and synagogue decorations. It is probably not coincidental that the symbol was important to the flourishing kabbalistic tradition of the same time period. Kabbalistically, the hexagram symbolizes the six directions of space, the divine union of male and female energy, and the four elements.
The Star of David is also important in the Rastafarian and Messianic Christian religions. A Rastafarian version:
2006-08-28 20:45:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The star of david is a symbol king david had on his shield back in biblical times.
2006-08-26 14:43:14 · answer #2 · answered by arielsalom33 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was King Davids shield symbol!
2006-08-26 14:44:05 · answer #3 · answered by Grandreal 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Something Stephen said in Acts has made me wonder about this one:
Act 7:43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
I don't know how that verse snuck in there...but maybe...just perhaps now...everything we've learned about the Jewish God might not be true?
2006-08-26 14:56:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋