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The History of God
FIELD No. 4D5A
Visual depiction of Aleph Tav

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Vol. IV · Monotheism

Aleph Tav

the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet as divine name

inscribed in large illuminated Hebrew calligraphy on vellum, spanning all of language between them

Organization
Abrahamic Monotheism
Time period
c. 1200 BCE – present
Location
Worldwide

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Names of the One God has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.

Cross-references — same archetype or region

Visual depiction of Maran

Maran

Names of the One God

 Visual depiction of Tzur Yisrael

Tzur Yisrael

Names of the One God

 Visual depiction of Al-Khaliq

Al-Khaliq

Names of the One God

 Visual depiction of Despotes

Despotes

Names of the One God

 Visual depiction of Go'el

Go'el

Names of the One God

 Visual depiction of Rabb al-Samawat wa-l-Ard

Rabb al-Samawat wa-l-Ard

Names of the One God