Showing posts with label Israel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Israel. Show all posts

Monday, August 2, 2021

Israel 1993, Songbirds, 50

Israel stamp 1993
Songbirds
Palestine Sunbird 
50 Ag1993

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Israel 1972, Let My People Go, 0.55

Israel stamp 1972
Campaign for Jewish Immigration
Star and words:
Let My People Go, 0.55

Israel, Airmail Stamp, Winged Deer

Israel stamp
Airmail
Winged Deer

Monday, November 30, 2015

Israel 2015, The Cyrus Declaration, 8.30

Israel stamp 2015
The Cyrus Declaration, 8.30
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The Cyrus Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder, now broken into several fragments.

The text on the Cylinder praises Cyrus, sets out his genealogy and portrays him as a king from a line of kings. The Babylonian king Nabonidus, who was defeated and deposed by Cyrus, is denounced as a wicked oppressor of the people of Babylonia and his low-born origins are contrasted to Cyrus's kingly heritage. 

The Cylinder's text has traditionally been seen by biblical scholars as corroborative evidence of Cyrus' policy of the repatriation of the Jewish people following their Babylonian captivity (an act that the Book of Ezra attributes to Cyrus).

Friday, November 29, 2013