Monday, November 26, 2012
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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.
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It's a so called "Brauerstern", a mediaeval emblem of breweries (symbol linked to alchemy) common in southern Germany.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brauerstern
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89toile_des_brasseurs
A recent example would be this beer from Marbach (Neckar):
http://www.salzscheuer.com/
This is not a Magen David and has nothing to do with wine. It's a Braustern (brewing star or beer star), which was widely used in German speaking lands (Alsace used to be German). The Magen David was fairly late adapted as a widespread Jewish symbol.
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