Sandals and their symbolic meaning in the Old Testament Cover Image

Sandały i ich symbolika w Starym Testamencie
Sandals and their symbolic meaning in the Old Testament

Author(s): Janusz Lemański
Subject(s): Anthropology, Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the motive of sandals – possession or lack of them in the Old Testament. Having analysed the context in which the noun or verb naâ… occur one may single out ten main symbolic meanings: as humbleness towards sacrum, as a symbol of beauty, humiliation, trade, social justice, military invasion or constrain, contempt, mourning, penance and eventually as Israel’s experience of God’s protection during Exodus.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 67-92
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Polish
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