Think about what it would feel like being told you have to wear a particular color due to you being different. Who knew that a simple symbol of over two-thousand years ago could impact today and the way life is? Intertwined equilateral triangles is a common symbol in the Middle East and also North Africa; infact where it supposedly brings good luck. Symbols can represent many things like ideas, concepts, beliefs and feelings; furthermore they may have profound meaning for some, yet no meaning for others. For a symbol to have significance, its meaning must be known to the viewer. The Star of David was a six pointed hexagram that did not originate from Judaism, however it affected a large amount of the Jews lives, it also contributed to amulets
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It can also be found in combination with other symbols which expense other meanings in a certain understanding. “Star of David researchers generally indicates the Non-Jewish Star of David by the name hexagram” (Zeevveez, page 2). The Star of David symbolizes various things depending on the location and religious ideas. The Star of David indicates David’s shield because David refers to God as being his shield; it is a six pointed figure that's equilateral triangles are interlaced and are used as a Jewish resemblance. The Star of David wasn't necessarily used as a symbol besides the fact is shown what people were Jews. The first representation of the Star of David was an archaeological artifact, there is no archaeological proof of the Star representing David's shield. Many people have strived to connect King David himself and the Star of David; consequently they have yet to trace anything. According to archeologists, without content and name, findings were found under the accumulation of …show more content…
Jews were forced to wear yellow on their garments or they would be terribly punished by even death. The earliest findings of the Jewish using the hexagram was as a seal. On the popular level, Jews continue to use the Jewish star, also known as Magen David, or the more common name the Star of David for centuries: as a magical amulet of good luck and as a secular iced symbol of Jewish identity (Friling, page 3). A stone engraved with a hexagram on one side and on the opposite side a cross was used to represent the religion Judaism as a whole not just the one individual communities. However down the road Jews wanted something that only stood for themselves alone; therefore they resolved with the six pointed star that had similar characteristics but yet had no religious content or scriptural basis. Throughout many years people began thinking different things about the Star of David: in fact, many said they have come to the realization that the six points may symbolize God’s rule over the universe in all six directions because they said “our only hope is to place our trust in
It can also be found in combination with other symbols which expense other meanings in a certain understanding. “Star of David researchers generally indicates the Non-Jewish Star of David by the name hexagram” (Zeevveez, page 2). The Star of David symbolizes various things depending on the location and religious ideas. The Star of David indicates David’s shield because David refers to God as being his shield; it is a six pointed figure that's equilateral triangles are interlaced and are used as a Jewish resemblance. The Star of David wasn't necessarily used as a symbol besides the fact is shown what people were Jews. The first representation of the Star of David was an archaeological artifact, there is no archaeological proof of the Star representing David's shield. Many people have strived to connect King David himself and the Star of David; consequently they have yet to trace anything. According to archeologists, without content and name, findings were found under the accumulation of …show more content…
Jews were forced to wear yellow on their garments or they would be terribly punished by even death. The earliest findings of the Jewish using the hexagram was as a seal. On the popular level, Jews continue to use the Jewish star, also known as Magen David, or the more common name the Star of David for centuries: as a magical amulet of good luck and as a secular iced symbol of Jewish identity (Friling, page 3). A stone engraved with a hexagram on one side and on the opposite side a cross was used to represent the religion Judaism as a whole not just the one individual communities. However down the road Jews wanted something that only stood for themselves alone; therefore they resolved with the six pointed star that had similar characteristics but yet had no religious content or scriptural basis. Throughout many years people began thinking different things about the Star of David: in fact, many said they have come to the realization that the six points may symbolize God’s rule over the universe in all six directions because they said “our only hope is to place our trust in