Star of David

This blog (by Zeev Barkan) is dedicated to the Star of David, its history, its various meanings and usages in different cultures. It includes thousands of pictures of Star of David, six-pointed stars, hexagrams, Solomon's Seals, Magen Davids and yellow badges,and served as a resource for three books and four art exhibitions.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

The Power of the Stars

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The word STAR in the name Star of David encourages astronomical and astrological explanations. e.g occultist Israel Regardie (1907 -1985)in...

Gaudí

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It is not clear to me what is this white hexagram doing in Park Guell, Barcelona, Spain. The park was designed by Catalan architect Antoni G...

Yummy Star of David

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Picture is courtesy of nullalux who published it on Flickr and wrote in the caption: I made yummy pumpkin pie tonight. The only cookie cutte...
Monday, January 15, 2007

Star Dish

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Picture is courtesy of Tamara Eden who published it on Flickr. I don't know how am I supposed to use this Jewish  Star Dish but it looks...

Ceramic Seder Plate

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Picture is courtesy of Hillary Brenner who published it on Flickr and wrote to me: It is ceramic and painted in underglazes. I am based in A...

Sumerian MAGAN is Egypt

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Usually the Hebrew name for the Star of David is Magen David , but on the Web you'll find all the other possible spellings: Magen Dawid,...
Sunday, January 14, 2007

The Star of David is a Homoform

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I asked on Yahoo Answers: How do we call the same shape when it has more than one meaning? Can you give an example? On the details question ...
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I Published 22 books - 10 in print and 12 online. The full list appears on my Flickr Profile. Among them: Star of David Album [English]; Star of David Black and White [Hebrew]; Yellow Badge Album [Hebrew] Thing's Name [Hebrew], I am Such a Brazilian Woman [Hebrew, Iton 77] with co-author Iara Czeresnia. I Initiated several art shows about the Star of David, about the yellow star and about the Old Testament
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