Zion (Hebrew: ??????? ? ? ÃÆ'®y? n , modern Tsiyyon , also transliterated Zion , Sayon , Syon , Tzion , Tsion ) is the name of the place that is often used as a synonym for Jerusalem and also for the Biblical Land of Israel as a whole. This word is first found in 2 Samuel 5: 7 which comes from c. 630-540 BC according to modern scholarship. Originally called a certain hill in Jerusalem (Mount Zion), which lies to the south of Mount Moriah (Temple Mount). Mount Zion holds the fortress of Jebus of the same name conquered by David and is renamed the City of David; see the Names of Jerusalem. The special hill ("mountain") is one of the many squat hills that make up Jerusalem, which also includes Mount Moriah (Temple Mount), Mount of Olives, etc. For centuries, until the end of the Ottoman era, the walls of the city of Jerusalem had been rebuilt many times in new locations, so that certain hills known as Mount Zion were no longer within the city walls, but the location was now outside the walls of the Old City which formed the southern boundary of the Jews. A quarter of the Old City today. Most of the original City of David itself is also outside the walls of the city today.
The term Tzion came to refer to the region of Davidic Jerusalem where the fort stood, and used and synecdoche for the entire city of Jerusalem; and then, when the Temple of Solomon was built on the nearby Mount Moriah (which, consequently, was later known as the Mount of Tabernacles) the meaning of the term iz Tzion extended by synecdoche to the additional meaning of the Temple itself, the hill of the Temple Holy standing, the whole city of Jerusalem, all the biblical Land of Israel, and the "Upcoming World", the Jewish understanding of life after death.
In Kabbalah, a more esoteric reference was made to Tzion as the spiritual point from which reality emerged, located in the Most Holy Place of the First, Second, and Third Temples.
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Etimologi
The etymology of the word Zion (? I''n ) is uncertain. Mentioned in the Old Testament in the Book of Samuel (2 Samuel 5: 7) as the name of the fortress of Jebus conquered by David, its origins are likely to precede the nation of Israel. If Semit, perhaps derived from the Hebrew root ? IyyÃ'n ("castle") or Hebrew ?????? ? iyya ("dry land", Jeremiah 51:43). Non-Semitic relationship with the word Hurrian ? Eya ("river" or "river") has also been suggested.
Orthography
Forms Tzion (Hebrew: ???? ?; Tiberian Vokalisation: ? Iy'Ã'n ) appeared 108 times in the Hebrew Bible, and once as the HaTzion . It is spelled with tsade and not zayin.
The commonly used form of English is based on German orthography, where z is always pronounced [t? S] (eg "zog" [t? So: k]), then " Zion " in German literature. A tz will only be used if the previous vowel is short, and therefore uses Zion in the criticism of the 19th century German Biblical. This is adopted because in German, the correct transliteration can only be given from one example of HaTzion in King II 23:17, where the vowel a is followed by a double consonant tz .
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Judaism
Zion is the Hebrew name for the hill to the south of Mount Bait in Jerusalem, where the City of David was built. In the most specific sense, Mount Zion is not confused with Mount Moria, better known as the Temple Mount, where the Solomon Temple and the Second Temple were built. The location of the Temple, and especially the Most Holy Place (the deep sanctum), is the holiest place in the world for the Jews, seen as a relationship between God and man. The devout Jews read Amidah three times a day facing the Temple of Jerusalem in Jerusalem, praying for the redevelopment of the Temple, the restoration of the Temple service, the redemption of the world, and for the coming of the Messiah.
In Tanakh
Some examples of the Psalms, which have been read and memorized by Jews for centuries, state:
- "By the Babylon River, there we sat, yeah, we cried, when we remembered Tzion." (Psalm 137: 1)
- "Because there they bring us the prisoners that are required of us a song, and those who waste us are required of us mirth, say Sing us one of Tzion's songs How will we sing the song of God in a foreign land? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget his cunning . I do not remember you, let my tongue strewn on the roof of my mouth, if I do not love Jerusalem above my joy Remember, O Lord, the sons of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, who say, Raze it even the foundation of the daughter of Babylon, the art must be destroyed, may she, who repay your kindness as you have served us. "(Psalm 137: 3-8, italics for words not in Hebrew original)
- "The Lord built Jerusalem: he gathered the captives out of Israel, praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: praise your God, O Tzion." (Psalm 147: 2,12)
Princess of Zion
Mentioned 26 times in Tanakh, the biblical phrase "Princess Tzion" (Hebrew "Tzion bat") is not a reference to Moriah in Jerusalem, or to a hill where the Old City of David was built to the south of Mount. Moriah, but more to women from all over the biblical Land of Israel and, thus, from the Jews as a whole, including the Jewish diaspora.
The End of the Latter-day Saint Movement
In the Latter-day Saint movement, Zion is often used to connote the utopian associations of the righteous. This association will practice a communitarian economic form called United Order which is intended to ensure that all members maintain acceptable quality of life, class differences are minimized, and group unity is achieved. While Zion is often associated with theocracy, the concept of Zion does not theoretically require such a system of government. In this way, Zion must be distinguished from the ideal political system called theodemocracy which the Latter-day Saints believe will be adopted at the Second Coming of Christ.
Arab and Islamic Traditions
? ahy? n (Arabic: ????? , ? ahy? n or ? ihy ? n ) is the word for Zion in Arabic and Syria. Drawing on the biblical tradition, it is one of the names given to Jerusalem in Arabic and the Islamic tradition. A valley named W? D? Sahy? N seems to retain its name and is located about one and three-quarters of a mile from the Old Jaffa Gate.
For example, a reference to the "precious stone" of the new Jerusalem in Isaiah 28:16 is identified in Islamic scholarship as the Black Stone of the Kaaba. This interpretation said by ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292-1350) comes from the People of the Book, although the Christian scholarship previously identified the cornerstone with Jesus.
Rastafari Movement
In Rastafari, "Zion" is a place of utopian unity, peace and freedom, as opposed to "Babylon", a system that oppresses and exploits the materialistic modern world and the place of evil.
It states Zion, as a reference to Ethiopia, the birthplace of the original man, and from the beginning the movement calls for repatriation to Zion, Promised Land and Heaven on Earth. Some Rastafari are confident to represent the real Children of Israel in modern times, and their goal is to return to Ethiopia, or to Zion. Ge'ez-Kebud Nagast serves as an inspiration for the idea that "the Glory of Zion" was transferred from Jerusalem to Ethiopia in the days of Solomon and Sheba, c. 950 BC.
Reggae Rastafari contains many references to Zion; among the most famous examples are Bob Marley's songs "Zion Train", "Iron Lion Zion", Wailer Rabbit song "Rastaman" ("The Rasta comes from Sion, Rastaman a Lion!"), Melodians Song "Rivers of Babylon "(based on Psalm 137, where the captivity of Babylon contrasts with freedom in Zion), the Bad Brains song" Babylon Alone ", Damian Marley's song featuring Nas" Road to Zion ", The Abyssinians" Forward to Zion "and" Graduation in Zion "Kiddus I, featured in the 1977 Rock Rock film reggae Rockers, and" Let's Go to Zion "by Winston Francis. Reggae groups like Steel Pulse and Cocoa Tea also have many references to Sion in their various songs.
Zionism
The term "Zionism", coined by Austrian Nathan Birnbaum, is derived from the German translation of Tzion in his journal Immigration in 1890. Zionism as a political movement began in 1897 and supported the "national home", and then a country, to the Jews in Palestine. The Zionist movement declared the re-establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, following the United Nations Separation Plan for Palestine. Since then and with various ideologies, Zionists have focused on the development and protection of this country.
The last line of the Israeli national anthem is Eretz Zion, ViYerushalayim ", which literally means" The Land of Zion and Jerusalem ".
Other uses
The Jewish longing for Zion, beginning with the deportation and enslavement of the Jews during the Babylonian captivity, was adopted as a metaphor by Christian black slaves in the United States, and after the Civil War by oppressive blacks. Thus, Zion represents the longing by the people who wander for a safe homeland. This could be an actual place like Ethiopia for Rastafari or Israel for some Igbos in Nigeria for example. For others, it has taken on a more spiritual meaning - a spiritual, spiritual country, like heaven, or some kind of peace of mind in one's life today.
Mount Sion today
Today, Mount Zion refers to a hill south of Armenian Armenian City, not to the Temple Mount. This error of identification occurred at least since the 1st century, when Josephus mentions Mount Bukit Jerusalem as "Mount of Zion". The Abbey of the Dormition is located on a hill now called Mount Zion.
See also
- The Jerusalem portal
- The Book of Micah
- Jerusalem of Gold
- Sion Hill (disambiguation)
- New Jerusalem
References
Bibliography
- "Zion". The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Ludlow, D. H. (Ed.) (1992). Vol 4. The Encyclopedia of Mormonism . New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- McConkie, B. R. (1966). Mormon Doctrine . (2nd ed). Utah: Bookcraft.
- Steven Zarlengo: Daughter of Sion: The Past of Jerusalem, Now, and the Future . Dallas: Joseph Publishing, 2007.
Further reading
- Batto, Bernard F.; Roberts, Kathryn L. (2004). David and Zion: Bible Studies in Honor J. J. M. Roberts . Lake Winona, Ill.: Eisenbraun. ISBNÃ, 1-57506-092-2.
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