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  1 - "Blessing" and its Role in Building of Jewish Identity in the Pentateuch
  Sepideh Vahidnia Arastoo Mirani Yahya Sabbaghchi
  One of the important social functions of religion is identity building. Religions determine characteristics for their followers that by creating similarities and differences with others, create correlations between them and distinguish them from others. In this way, the More

  One of the important social functions of religion is identity building. Religions determine characteristics for their followers that by creating similarities and differences with others, create correlations between them and distinguish them from others. In this way, they define the identity of their followers by creating a border between insiders and others. In historical religions, this process of identification continues in the context of history. Jewish identity, as an ethnic-religious identity, has been formed throughout history and is still subject to ambiguity and controversy to this day. The Pentateuch, the basis of the Old Testament, describes the birth and formation of the Jewish people. In this text, several components and processes can be found that play a role in the construction of Jewish identity, including the covenant, the patriarchs, the choice, the ethnicity, the law, etc. "Blessing" is also one of these components. In this article, with an interdisciplinary approach, the function of blessing as an identity-making process in the text of Pentateuch is explained and analyzed. Blessing is shown to be related to the definition of ethnic boundaries, concepts, and religious institutions, and to the definition of Jewish identity. Manuscript profile
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  2 - Semantics of "Barakah" in Qur'an
  Tayyibah AkbariRad Fatimah Haj Shiykh Ali Zahra'i
  Bliss (Barekat) is originally the stability, durability and affluence of good which is increasing and developing. The derivatives of this word in Quran are Tabarak, Barakna, Mobarak, Burak and Barakat meaning blessed. The word Tabarak has been used eight times for God a More

  Bliss (Barekat) is originally the stability, durability and affluence of good which is increasing and developing. The derivatives of this word in Quran are Tabarak, Barakna, Mobarak, Burak and Barakat meaning blessed. The word Tabarak has been used eight times for God and once for his name. Semantic range of the derivations of Barekat include blessing in the generation, in the land, the prophets` charities, the rain, God`s house and God`s book. The factors causing the bliss are faith, virtue, obeying God, almsgiving and etc. The obstacles of bliss are infidelity, denying God`s book and his prophets, squander and not paying Zakat. Manuscript profile
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  3 - "Lale-Shish-Zan" and the Myth of Ārash the Archer
  احمد ابومحبوب
      In the north of Iran, the province of Mazandaran, there is a rite called  "Lale-Shish-zan". In this rite, in the middle of summer, a person in the role of a dumb (lal), enters the houses and beats barrens, girls of marriageable age and fruitless tre More

      In the north of Iran, the province of Mazandaran, there is a rite called  "Lale-Shish-zan". In this rite, in the middle of summer, a person in the role of a dumb (lal), enters the houses and beats barrens, girls of marriageable age and fruitless trees with a wood (shish). Some mythologists believe that it is rooted in old Persian myths and the wood is a symbol of bow of Ārash-e Kamāngīr, Arash the Archer. The present article is to analyze this rite with respect to the mentioned Persian mythology.     Manuscript profile