Symbolism In Biblical Worship
Symbols are tokens or signs (Hebrew 'ot, Greek smeion) that point beyond themselves to another, often abstract, reality that is difficult or impossible to represent any other way. As described in the next four entries, symbols can be a person, object, place, or act-anything that conveys meaning about the concept it represents. The ability of human beings to communicate symbolically is one characteristic that sets humankind apart from all other creatures.…
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Chapters & Articles in Symbolism In Biblical Worship (5)
All worship is symbolic, even those intuitive encounters with the holy that seem to bypass the rational process, di…
Biblical men and women experienced the Lord as a dynamic God known through his interaction with them in the course …
In the Bible, the primary aspect of God's character is that he is "holy," not only in the sense of being good and r…
Together with symbolic actions and structures, biblical worship incorporates symbolic objects. Sometimes these are …
Symbolic objects in biblical worship continues with blood, the bread and cup, and the cross. Blood In the Scrip…