Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism. With an essay on Baal worship, on the Assyrian sacred "grove" and other allied symbols by John Newton (1875)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876, Newton, John, M.R.C.S.E · New York J.W. Bouton · leaf 133
w, in Genesis xxx, Leah isrepresented as purchasing her husbands company for a nightby means of mandrakes, the result being the birth ofIssachar; and in the well-known story of the Creation we findthat the apple gives birth to desire, as shown in the recognition for the first time of the respective… … Figure 82. The gem is of unknown origin, but is apparently Babylonish ; it represents the male and female in conjunction :each appears to be holding the symbol of the triad in muchrespect, whilst the curious cross suggests a new readingto an ancient symbol. I have of late heard it asserted, by a…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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