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Moses who was God’s unique messenger,
Who revealed the Path of God to humankind,
In God’s Presence at Mount Sinai
He received knowledge and insight,
The Torah, the Truth, and the Path
He accepted…
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‘Imrānī
Places:
Isfahan, Ottoman Empire
(Isfahan, Iran)
Date:
Early 16th Century
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The use of wall niches for Torah scrolls was a feature of some of the earliest synagogues and continues today in Mizrahi communities. This striking faience-tile mosaic structure would have decorated a…
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Isfahan, Safavid Empire
(Isfahan, Iran)
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16th Century
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It was explained earlier in part 2 that faith is [like a] possession that is, it is a possession that belongs to man’s soul, the way knowledge belongs to the soul…
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Judah ben Eleazar
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Kashan, Safavid Empire
(Kashan, Iran)
Date:
1686
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When, through God’s guiding grace,
The prophet Joshua and the Hebrews
Encamped before the town of Jericho,
Besieging it from every side,
They…
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Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz, ‘Imrānī
Places:
Isfahan, Ottoman Empire
(Isfahan, Iran)
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Early 16th Century
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When Jephthah set out for the road
He did so full of happiness and joy.
He had a daughter, a solitary cypress,
Her visage fairyborn; two…
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Aaron ben Mashiaḥ
Places:
Isfahan, Ottoman Empire
(Isfahan, Iran)
Date:
1692
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In your merciful, compassionate name. In the Arabic language they say, “in the name of God, merciful and compassionate.” And in the Persian tongue they say, “in the name of God, generous and…
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Anonymous
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1740
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I shall recount the love of God, the faithful God,
I shall study his words, and prostrate myself to the formidable God, the Lord,
I shall walk in his paths, to the central land, my palace.
Happy…
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Amīnā
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Kashan, Safavid Empire
(Kashan, Iran)
Date:
1719/20
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They said that before Abraham was created, Nimrod denied belief in God, Blessed Be God, vaunted himself, and then asserted that he was a god. The ancients in his time used to worship and prostrate…
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Isaac bar Yuda Reutlingen, Anonymous
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Early 16th Century|before 1519
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In this scene from Mūsā nāmā (The Book of Moses), Phinehas (bottom right) surprises the Israelite Zimri in forbidden intercourse with the Midianite woman Cozbi and impales the two of them on his lance…
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Mowlānā Shāhīn-i Shīrāzī, Artist Unknown
Places:
Tabriz, Ottoman Empire
(Tabriz, Iran)
Date:
1686