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* '''sycamore:''' Jesus Christ was crucified on a cross made of Sycamore (i.e. the sycamore fig, ''Ficus sycomorus'') | * '''sycamore:''' Jesus Christ was crucified on a cross made of Sycamore (i.e. the sycamore fig, ''Ficus sycomorus'') | ||
| − | * '''sycamore:''' In Egyptian mythology, Osiris’s corpse was concealed in a tomb of sycamore wood, shaded by sycamore trees (probably because the tree was a tree of healing, being the source of numerous ancient Egyptian medicines | + | * '''sycamore:''' the story of the tax collector Zacchaeus (Luke 19.1-9) begins with him in this tree, and ends with him giving away his wealth → [[have all you want]] |
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| + | * '''sycamore:''' In Egyptian mythology, Osiris’s corpse was concealed in a tomb of sycamore wood, shaded by sycamore trees (probably because the tree was a tree of healing, being the source of numerous ancient Egyptian medicines) | ||
** [http://www.kinfonet.org/community/centres/sycamore/Tree.html The Sycamore Tree in Ancient Egypt] | ** [http://www.kinfonet.org/community/centres/sycamore/Tree.html The Sycamore Tree in Ancient Egypt] | ||
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| + | * '''sycamore:''' reference to the Bodhi Tree, beneath which the Buddha experienced enlightenment? | ||
Latest revision as of 14:16, 17 March 2021
- sycamore: Jesus Christ was crucified on a cross made of Sycamore (i.e. the sycamore fig, Ficus sycomorus)
- sycamore: the story of the tax collector Zacchaeus (Luke 19.1-9) begins with him in this tree, and ends with him giving away his wealth → have all you want
- sycamore: In Egyptian mythology, Osiris’s corpse was concealed in a tomb of sycamore wood, shaded by sycamore trees (probably because the tree was a tree of healing, being the source of numerous ancient Egyptian medicines)
- sycamore: reference to the Bodhi Tree, beneath which the Buddha experienced enlightenment?
