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A-Z: General definitions: Tree
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In biblical times Palestine was not well supplied with large trees and wood had to be imported for major projects such as the building of the Temple. Trees mentioned in the Bible include cedar, apple, palm and olive. There are also trees with important symbolic significance. See Tree of Knowledge and Tree of Life. The cross on which Jesus died is sometimes metonymically as the Tree. See Tree of Knowledge; Tree of Life.
A sacred building used for worship. In the Bible, the Temple was the centre of Jewish worship in Jerusalem. In the New Testament, the term is also used as an image of the believer's physical body.
The Christian Bible consists of the Old Testament scriptures inherited from Judaism, together with the New Testament, drawn from writings produced from c.40-125CE, which describe the life of Jesus and the establishment of the Christian church.
In literature, something that is chosen to take on a particular meaning by the writer, e.g. clouds as symbols of mutability.
According to the Book of Genesis, the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil grew in the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve were forbidden to eat its fruit by God. When they disobeyed, they lost their innocence and close relationship with God.
Tree in the Garden of Eden symbolizing access to eternal life. When Adam and Eve disobeyed God, they were expelled from the garden and no longer had access to the tree of life.
The name given to the man believed by Christians to be the Son of God. Also given the title Christ, meaning 'anointed one' or Messiah. His life is recorded most fully in the Four Gospels.
To do with metonymy.
According to the Book of Genesis, the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil grew in the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve were forbidden to eat its fruit by God. When they disobeyed, they lost their innocence and close relationship with God.
Tree in the Garden of Eden symbolizing access to eternal life. When Adam and Eve disobeyed God, they were expelled from the garden and no longer had access to the tree of life.
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