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2024 - Volume 7 - Number 1

The Meaning of Using the Name of a Figure in the Bible According to the Interpretation in the Jewish Religious Literature

Alon Tov * ORCID: 0009-0006-0204-5132
South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Department of Philosophy, Blagoevgrad, BULGARIA

Open Journal for Studies in Arts, 2024,7(1), 1-4 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojsa.0701.01001t
Received: 7 May 2024 ▪ Revised: 2 July 2024 ▪ Accepted: 6 August 2024

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
The Jewish spiritual aspect has a very unique approach. The individual person is a very sublime and honorable matter, which affects the essence of the person and is directly related to him. In it, his personality is fulfilled and this attitude in any case directly affects the values and actions of the person. A person’s name is like an expression of his soul. From our study, we conclude that calling a person’s name is a responsibility, which has connection and discovery, but also a dimension of control and direction. In the reading of the name, there is a divine power that corresponds to a vocation that has already been chosen for a person, but on top of that in the reading of the name, there is also prayer, hope, and expectation that the one who calls the name will act in the light of his name.

KEY WORDS: Judaism, Rambam, Bible, Jewish literature.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Alon Tov, South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Department of Philosophy, Blagoevgrad, BULGARIA.

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