BIBLICAL
Allusions/definitions
PASSOVERIn the Book of Exodus, God helped the Israelites escape from slavery in ancient Egypt by inflicting ten plagues upon the Egyptians before the Pharaoh would release the Israelite slaves. The last of the
plagues was the death of the Egyptian first-born. The Israelites were instructed to mark the doorposts of
their homes with the blood of a slaughtered spring lamb and, upon seeing this,
the spirit of the Lord knew to pass over the first-born in these homes, hence the English name
of the holiday
scapegoat
1: a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the
people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony
for Yom Kippur
2a: one that bears the blame for others
b: one that is the object of
irrational hostility
Liberated
Israelites Liberated
from Slavery: The “exodus” to designate the
deliverance of the Israelites from Egyptian bondage and their
safe passage through the Red Sea
Expulsion
The Jewish diaspora (Hebrew: Tfutza, תְּפוּצָה) or exile refers to the
dispersion of Israelites or ... The first exile was the
Assyrian exile, the expulsion from the Kingdom of Israel
Gentiles
“Gentiles means nations,” The term Gentile doesn’t really describe who
someone is, but rather who they are not – a Jew. A Gentile is one belonging to
any nation or people group other than the Jewish people group.
Star of David – a hexagram formed by two
overlapping triangles, one pointed upward and the other downward – comes from
its supposed resemblance to King David’s shield. However, use of the Star of
David as a Jewish symbol only became widespread in 17th-century Europe, when it
was used displayed on synagogues to identify them as Jewish places of
worship. Later Nazi’s had those of the
Jewish faith wear the yellow Star of David as identification
Pentecost The Feast of Pentecost or Shavuot has
many names in the Bible: The Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Harvest,
and the Latter Firstfruits. Celebrated on the fiftieth day after Passover,
Shavuot is traditionally a joyous time of giving thanks and presenting
offerings for the new grain of the summer wheat harvest in Israel
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