hgus
Critical Thinker
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- Jun 8, 2010
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To some seven symbolized the 3 concentric circles of Atlantis, cut in half, and mistaken for a candle holder/lamp.
There is always some I guess. I find it very far fetched and on the border of silly.
Number symbolism? Why not gold symbolism, light symbolism?
It is ALL 'made up' symbolism...
Because number mysticism is actually a thing.
No one KNOWS exactly what the menorah means or represents, or why lamps turned to candles? (*Let's bring Herman Melville into this!? lol)
My point is, that it was an adopted symbol, otherwise meaningless to the Jewish people. They have applied their own meaning(s).
So your point is?: The Jewish people saw a cool locking foreign symbol, one that they did not knew what it symbolized, and adapted it for one of their most holy objects? Do you really find that to be the most likely source of the design of the menorah? I do not and I think that there is a reason why your opinion is by far the minority view.