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The first use of the term kikayon is in the biblical book of Jonah, Chapter 4.In the quote below, from the Jewish Publication Society translation of 1917, the English word 'gourd' occurs where the Hebrew has kikayon.
Name in Bible Plant name Scientific name References סנה səneh: Abraham's Bush or Blackberry: Vitex agnus-castus, Rubus sanctus or Loranthus acaciae: Exodus 3:2 שטה šiṭṭāh: Acacia, Spirale: Acacia raddiana: Exodus 25:10 אלמגים ’almuggîm: Almug tree; traditionally thought to denominate Red Sandalwood and/or
Mushrooms have been found in art traditions around the world, including in western and non-western works. [1] Ranging throughout those cultures, works of art that depict mushrooms can be found in ancient and contemporary times. Often, symbolic associations can also be given to the mushrooms depicted in the works of art.
Chapter and verse divisions did not appear in the original texts of Jewish or Christian bibles; such divisions form part of the paratext of the Bible.Since the early 13th century, most copies and editions of the Bible have presented all but the shortest of the scriptural books with divisions into chapters, generally a page or so in length.
Lesser-known symbols include: an official state dinosaur, a state fabric and a state tartan.
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The book relates the development of language to the development of myths, religions, and cultic practices in world cultures. Allegro argues, through etymology, that the roots of Christianity, and many other religions, lay in fertility cults, and that cult practices, such as ingesting visionary plants to perceive the mind of God, persisted into the early Christian era, and to some unspecified ...
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