Wednesday, March 4, 2009

More mangled Hebrew

I just found a perfect example of the type of Pseudo-Hebrew writing I wrote about a while ago. This was in the form of the Past High Priest's jewel (in York Rite).

First, here's how it's supposed to look:



And, here is the version that I found. Remember, all three words are supposed to say the same thing!

2 comments:

Magpie Mason said...
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Sophia said...

If you look in Mackey's Encyclopedia, ( http://books.google.com/books?id=cdoSAAAAYAAJ ) on page 326, he states that each of the three sides should contain the tetragrammaton. The current jewel was actually introduced by Mackey in 1856, and so I think we can trust him on that count.

As far as earlier jewels go, I can not find an example, and so I must assume that it would follow the pattern set by other Past jewels.