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<\/a>Tell Dan<\/p><\/div>\n
I visited Israel recently and saw layer upon layer<\/em> of many different\u00a0civilizations and religions that inhabited the land. While there I\u00a0explored Tell Dan <\/a>in northern Israel and also\u00a0climbed the tell at Beit She\u2019an <\/a>to view the excavations below.\u00a0Archaeology has always been interesting to me.<\/p>\n Beit She'an with tell in background<\/p><\/div>\n A perfect accompaniment on\u00a0the trip was The Source <\/em>by James Michener<\/a>.\u00a0It\u2019s a fictitious historical novel about\u00a0 Tell Makor in northern Israel, where\u00a0\u00a0archaeologists dig through multiple layers<\/em> of the tell<\/a><\/strong> or mound and uncover 10,000 years of civilization. Each layer<\/em> in the tell unearths\u00a0artifacts from\u00a0a previous\u00a0period in time, and the story\u00a0then reverts back to that time.<\/p>\n What is particularly interesting in The Source <\/em>is the evolution of religion and \u201cgod\u201d<\/strong>. It starts with Stone Age man and the first glimpses of spirituality; then proceeds with the\u00a0fertility goddess Astarte<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0fertility god\/s Baal<\/a>, describing in detail\u00a0the various sacrifices\u00a0and monoliths.\u00a0 The Cananite deity El<\/a>\u00a0eventually evolved into El Shaddai<\/a>, and then into Yahweh<\/a>\u00a0(YHWH),\u00a0the Hebrew god\u00a0of Moses and possibly his ancestors.\u00a0Monotheism (one god) starkly\u00a0contrasted\u00a0with the polytheistic (multiple gods) of the Greeks and Romans in later years.\u00a0<\/p>\n One of my Arborglyph<\/em> monoprints <\/a>is called All Seeing<\/em> Yahweh<\/em>. For\u00a0many Jewish people,\u00a0the name Yahweh<\/em> should never<\/em> be spoken. Therefore, the Tetragrammaton or four\u00a0 letters YHWH<\/em>\u00a0often replaces the name Yahweh<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 <\/em>However it\u2019s possible that:<\/p>\n Hebrew scripts write it as four consonants, rendered in Roman letters as YHWH<\/strong>, due to the fact that most alphabets, prior the Greek alphabet<\/a>, did not display vowels, and required that vowels be mentally pronounced in the proper places.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n And although the name Yahweh<\/em> should not be spoken, the Jewish Encyclopedia states that The Old Testament\u00a0had 6,823 references to Yahweh<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Arborglyph: (1 symbol IY) All Seeing Yahweh \u00a9 2005. Linda C. Everson. All rights reserved. <\/p><\/div>\n Yahweh was a strong, demanding \u2018god\u2019 to the Hebrews.\u00a0The meaning of the word\u00a0Yahweh\u00a0has been interpreted as \u201cto be\u201d, or according to\u00a0WordIQ<\/a> many scholars believe it\u00a0means \u201cHe Brings into Existence Whatever Exists\u201d. This coincides with a timelessness<\/a> about \u2018gods\u2019 existence. Which gets back to the novel The Source and its prevailing theme\u00a0of many gods and religions throughout the centuries in Israel.<\/p>\n My Arborglyph<\/em> monoprint,\u00a0All Seeing Yahweh<\/em> has\u00a0several images\u00a0with an IY<\/em> symbol and also contains several \u2018tree eyes\u2019<\/a>; hence the All Seeing<\/em> title. The \u201call-seeing eye\u201d <\/a>has been associated with several other religions or cultures\u2026 The \u201cEye of Horus\u201d in Egypt, the \u201cEye of the World\u201d in Buddhism and the Christian Trinity. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/a><\/em><\/a>