Star of David fire in E.M. Lilien's illustration “To the Martyrs of Kishinev”
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Illustrations for Juda
Star of David behind a princess with Hebrew letters on her dress in E.M. Lilien's illustration for, Juda (1900), Biblical-themes poetry by his Christian friend, Börries Freiherr von Münchausen.Comet
Photo of a comet in the shape of a Star of David on a bookplate by E.M. Lilien made for Dr. Franz Oppenheimer is courtesy of bookplates collector Bob WeinbergBookplatebob@aol.com
I think that the message is that zionism is the fulfillment of Balaam’s prophecy about Jacob’s Star which was interpreted as revival of the Jewish people and its monarchy.