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The image of an ear on this coin may symbolize God as the one who hears prayers, as in passages such as Psalm 34:16, 18, and Psalm 130:2. The image is paralleled on Egyptian stelas that depict…
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Yehud, Land of Israel (Southern Israel, Israel)
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Persian Period, 4th Century BCE
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And now, good friends, as we observe the adventures of Isaac, we are shaken and stunned. This Isaac who is no worse than any other person, why is he punished so harshly? Is it because he teased a dog…
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Shmuel Yosef Agnon
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Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
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1945
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The front of this coin depicts an animal horn, probably a shofar (parallel lines across the horn suggest horns of rams and some other animals). If this is a shofar, it likely signifies praying to God…
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Yehud, Land of Israel (Southern Israel, Israel)
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Persian Period, 4th Century BCE
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This ritual scene was carved twice on a cylindrical ivory box from Hazor, about 2.7 inches high and 2.2 inches in diameter (7 × 6 cm). A kneeling man raises his hands in prayer toward a stylized tree…
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Hazor, Land of Israel (Tel Hazor, Israel)
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Iron Age IIB, 8th Century BCE
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The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: Go at once to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim judgment upon it; for their wickedness has come before Me.
Jonah, however, started…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Biblical Period
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For the leader; on the gittith. A psalm of David.
O Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name throughout the earth,
You who have covered the heavens with Your splendor!
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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