The Secret History of Judaism’s Oldest Symbol
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Jonathan Schwab and Yael Steiner follow the menorah from its molten birth in a single ingot of gold to its afterlife as national emblem, tracing how one luminous object migrated from desert tabernacle to Roman triumph, from medieval imagination to modern identity.
From Exodus’ intricate blueprint to the Arch of Titus’ triumphant bas-relief, from Hanukkah’s reinvented…
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