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Looking for keywords “Star of David” I was surprised to find my own book record in the results’ page of the Israel Antiquities Authority Library.

book in English Star of David

An article about my new book in English (Star of David Album) arrived at the Second Placement on Google Results Page for query words: “Star of David” book. In a day or two it will surely disappear, and I’m not sure that it will make someone purchase the book, but meanwhile it makes me feel fine and that’s certainly enough.

Contents of my English book about the Star of David

Introduction

Current Meaning of the Magen David6

The legend about the origin of the emblem7

The Jewish emblem versus the international emblem8

Whose emblem is it ?9

Non-Jewish usage of the six-pointed star10

Chapter 1 - Before Christian Era

Sumerian Culture11

Minoan Culture12

Megiddo12

Treasure of Nimrud, Iraq13

Gibeon: Greco-Roman Period13

Chapter 2 - The first Millenium CE

The Star of Jerusalem; Roman Era14

Bacchus temple at Baalbek, Lebanon15

Capernaum; Ein Yael16

Sufa; Khirbet Carmel; Eastern Orthodox 17

Roglit; Vermand18

Synagogue of Shura; Mildenhall Treasure19

Village of El-Makr; Jericho, Israel20

The Dome of the Rock21

Damascus; Dome of the Chain22

Offa King of Mercia23

Chapter 3 - The second Millenium CE

The Leningrad Codex24

Cairo Genizah; Cambridge University25

Raziel’s Book; Armenian Church26

Rachel’s Grave in Tiberias; Lalibela27

Ayyubid Coins; Crusaders’ Coins28

Mamilla-Mamluk Cemetery29

Prague30

Sabbioneta31

David Ganz32

Aristotle33

Bury St Edmunds34

Catholic University of Leuven35

The Spanish Inquisition periods36

Before the Expulsion; Kennicott Bible37

Qait Bey Citadel; Bakhchysaray, Crimea38

Tarot39

Moghul Architecture40

Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent41

Barbarossa's flag42

Free Masons43

Mogador; Jewish Wedding Stones44

Prince Albert memorial45

Santa Croce Church in Florence 46

Chapter 4 - The Contemporary Period

Theodor Herzl's newspaper, Die-Welt47

Zionist Flag In Tel Aviv; Zion Mule Corps48

Flowers from Jerusalem; Lamel School49

Messiah’s house50

Bob Marley Graffiti51

Yellow Badges52

Jewish Brigade53

Mormons54

Anti- Israeli Propaganda55

In every generation men rise up to destroy us56

Copyrights and Footnotes57-64

This video clip is about my English book getting out of the printing press.Sorry for speaking only in Hebrew, but you’ll understand anyway. What an excitement!

My English Book star of David in the Printing Machine TrayToday I went to the printing lab and took this photo of my English book in the printing machine Tray. This is a huge machine a few meters long and you see the front and the back cover pages. I'm very satisfied with the colors.

Number Bullets MY BOOKS star of David

I made these page number bullets for my new English Book from the Diwali photo Ben Piven sent me. 

my English book about the Star of DavidIn the opening page of my English book about the Star of David, which I’m going to publish soon, I arranged the copyright notification in the shape of a Star of David, just like E.M. Lilien did in Songs from the Ghetto in 1902. It is homage to E.M. Lilien, the first Zionist painter, whom I adore and cherish, as well as a visual message to the reader about what he’s going to experience in the next pages. In addition, it makes the most boring part of the book into something, which is worth contemplating…

My Hebrew Book in the Snow star of DavidI just wanted to see if the colors of the front cover of my Hebrew book fit the colors of the fresh new snow that conquered Jerusalem and brought us blesses silence for 24 hours, because no vehicle dared acting as if business was as usual, oh no...

Star of David MY BOOKS

Currently I’m designing my new book and above you see its opening page. My Friend Dvorit Ben Shaul said that it looks like a Star of David. You have to imagine a triangle that goes down from the apex (to the word “no” on the left and to the word “or” on the right) and another one that goes from bottom to the edges of the book’s name.

It seems like I’m so absorbed in this emblem that it influences my page designs subconsciously…

Next Book Front Cover star of david

My dear old friend, Aran Patikin, is working on the design of my next book’s front cover. This is only the draft – it will look much better eventually. I bring it to you in order to share with you the deep delight of each stage in the birth of a new creation.

My Star of David book in GoogleI was very surprised to find out this morning that my book is the first result in Google for the keywords:

books about the Star of David

out of 5,390,000 other results. Since the question was in English and my book is in Hebrew, I wonder if it will actually influence people to buy my book…

Religious Symbols star of david MY BOOKSPhoto is courtesy of Seoirse who published it on Flickr and wrote in the caption:

Buddhism, Islam Judaism Sikhism Hinduism Christianity Taoism Bahaiism Jainism Shinto Zoroastrianism.... projected onto the wall from the Saint Mungo museum of religious life and art, Glasgow, Scotland.

I intend to use this photo for my English book about the pictorial history of the Star of David from 2700 BCE until today.

My brand new Hebrew Book Star of David

My brand new Hebrew Book is based on my Hebrew blog

http://magendavidalbum.blogspot.com/

It’s about the meaning of the Star of David, it’s history, it’s usages in daily life and in arts in various cultures, and it includes a chapter about the yellow badge.

Soon I hope to publish an English version…

My Hebrew Book Arrived Home star of David

Yesterday I brought home copies of my Hebrew Books from the printer. The name of the book is Star of David Black and White, and it summarizes the info in my blog
http://magendavidalbum.blogspot.com/
Above you can see the photo on the front page of the book beside the same image from my blog on the monitor

meet my-book star of David

Yesterday I brought home My Hebrew Books from the printer and hurried to take their pictures in order to show them to you. The translation of the name of my book is Star of David Black and White. It summarizes the info I collected in my blog during the past two years about our national emblem. The photo shows the books besidetheir source, the blog, as it appears on the monitor.

Star of David book
Yesterday I brought home the first chapter of my Hebrew book titled Star of David Album. It was only a pilot to see how the whole book will look like. This chapter, Pictorial History, contains 44 pages with 66 photos starting from 2700 B.C.E until 1948. The whole book will have more than 300 pages and more than 500 photos. Soon I'll publish the whole book, but only on a CD, since the resolution of most of the photos is too law for book printing.

Cheryl Hagedorn wrote the most extensive article about my blook that was written by someone other than me.
Here are a few updates:
Till now I wrote two chapters in English:

The Origin of the Star of David

Christian Star of David

In Hebrew I published on my Hebrew blog the following chapters

1. The origin of the Hexagram
2. The meaning of the Hexagram
3. The Hexagram in other cultures
4. Prominent persons in the history of the Magen David
5. Star of David products
6. Logos, coats of arms and city emblems
7. Mapping of Star of David appearances in art

I also broke into postings Asher Eder’s book about the Star of David, added images to each posting, and scattered them between my other postings. In other words I converted a book into a blook. I’ll be happy to know if there are others who made such a conversion …