„სიბრძნის კიდობანი“ და ღვთისმშობლის სიმბოლოები შუა საუკუნეების ქართულ ხელოვნებაში

Every event depicted in the Old Testament is represented as a kind of a preface and events
in the New Testament and the most important theme out of most of them is the idea of the
birth of the savior of the universe who will be born by a virgin. This prophecy is shown in
numerous episodes of the Old Testament. Tent of the Congregation (לֶה ֹ֣ א ֩דֵעוֹמ ’ōhel mō‘
ê
ḏ,
also known as a Tent of Meeting), the main sacredness of which was the Arc of the
Covenant, represented the most important shrine of the Jews. The old Greek word to denote
this holiness was the word “skene” and out of phrase derives its second meaning term in old
greek language “skinia” which stands for Tabernacle. This term In Old Hebrew is “mishkan”
meaning “residence” or “dwelling place”. The Tent of Testament according to Bible, was the
mobile temple of the Jews. In the present thesis, the main topic of our research is the most
important relic of the tent - The Arc of the Covenant, which was the place where the
following national holy objects were placed: 1)The two stone Tablets of the Ten
Commandments handed to Moses by God at Mount Sinai; 2)Pot of Holy Manna; 3) The
Menorah, which is a seven-lamp (six branches) ancient Hebrew lampstand; 4) Aaron’s Rod.
The present thesis gives the description and origin of each of the above mentioned object.