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No records are known that allow us to specify the place and date of appearance of the hexagram \u2013 as the mystics call the six-pointed star.<\/p>\n
It is known that it was already known in India around 4000 BC Despite being more popular as a symbol of Judaism, it was never, therefore, exclusively used by that religion \u2013 and can also be seen in Muslim art and in the decoration of many Christian cathedrals of the Middle Ages.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe hexagram has always been, for various peoples, a symbol of protection, representing the union of Heaven and Earth\u201d, says philosopher M\u00e1rio S\u00e9rgio Cortella, from the Pontifical Catholic University of S\u00e3o Paulo (PUC-SP).<\/p>\n
The name Star of David comes from the Hebrew Magen Davi, literally \u00abShield of David\u00bb. According to Jewish tradition, the soldiers of King David \u2013 one of the main characters of the Old Testament \u2013 \u200b\u200bcarried the hexagram on their shield to attract divine protection.<\/p>\n
Already in the 17th century, the Star of David was consecrated as an official symbol of the Jewish community in Prague, in the current Czech Republic. Two centuries later, it also came to represent Judaism in the same way that the cross symbolizes Christianity. Therefore, the star appears not only in synagogues and tombs, but in the center of the flag of Israel.<\/p>\n
The symbol also marked a tragic episode of the 20th century: German Nazism, which forced Jews to wear a band with a yellow Star of David on their arm, in order to be recognized by Hitler’s soldiers.<\/p>\n
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