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Visual depiction of Magen Avraham

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Vol. IV · Monotheism

Magen Avraham

Shield of Abraham


the first blessing of the Amidah prayer, inscribed in illuminated script with the patriarch Abraham surrounded by celestial shield and starry sky

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.