To: SeekAndFind
I understand but, a sign of the cross on the seal seems odd.
You know more about this stuff than I and probably have an answer.
8 posted on
12/09/2015 8:58:46 AM PST by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy" 6Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Vendome
The cross symbol was used by the Greeks, before Christ.
9 posted on
12/09/2015 9:02:12 AM PST by
lacrew
To: Vendome
From Wikipedia:
Prior to 2000 B.C. the cross symbol, was already in use in ancient alphabets (Paleo-Hebrew [â], Canaanite, Phoenician) as the letter 'Tau' ('Taw'/'Tav') which corresponds to the modern letter 'T' and meant 'Mark' (Its literal usage in the Torah denotes a wound). It is probably derived from two sticks crossed to mark a place similar to the Egyptian hieroglyph
To: Vendome
It’s an Ankh, the other symbol also looks like a winged scarab or sun. It may have been a seal used by the egyptians to send communication to King Hezekiah which is why it showed up in Israel. (my take)
14 posted on
12/09/2015 9:13:53 AM PST by
CJ Wolf
To: Vendome
15 posted on
12/09/2015 9:14:36 AM PST by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: Vendome
Vendome:
"I understand but, a sign of the cross on the seal seems odd." That is an Egyptian ankh, as the article says, "a symbol of life" sometimes adopted & adapted by Christians:
17 posted on
12/09/2015 9:16:03 AM PST by
BroJoeK
(a little historical perspective...)
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