"message prevents the existence of ""the trope of race as family"". Instead, Gilroy states that the London hip-hop culture allows for a healthy competition between African-American and Caribbean sounds to gain exposure. Rebel MC Michael Alec Anthony West (born 27 August 1964 in Islington, London), better known as Rebel MC, is an English jungle producer and toaster. He has also used the aliases Conquering Lion, Congo Natty, Blackstar, Tribe Of Issachar, Lion of Judah, X Project and Ras Project. ""Conquering Lion"" is an abbreviation for ""The Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah"", one of emperor Haile Selassie's many titles."
"Lion of Judah The Lion of Judah ( ""Aryeh Yehudah"") is a Jewish national and cultural symbol, traditionally regarded as the symbol of the Israelite tribe of Judah. According to the Torah, the tribe consists of the descendants of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob. The association between Judah and the lion can first be found in the blessing given by Jacob to his son Judah in the Book of Genesis. The Lion of Judah is also mentioned in the Book of Revelation, as a term representing Jesus, according to Christian theology. The lion of Judah was also one of"
"emblem or even as their name. Inspired by the Lion of Judah, C. S. Lewis used a lion named Aslan to represent Jesus in ""The Chronicles of Narnia"". Lion of Judah The Lion of Judah ( ""Aryeh Yehudah"") is a Jewish national and cultural symbol, traditionally regarded as the symbol of the Israelite tribe of Judah. According to the Torah, the tribe consists of the descendants of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob. The association between Judah and the lion can first be found in the blessing given by Jacob to his son Judah in the Book of Genesis. The"
"Menelik I. Both Christian and Jewish Ethiopian tradition has it that these immigrants were mostly of the Tribes of Dan and Judah; hence the Ge'ez motto ""Mo`a 'Anbessa Ze'imnegede Yihuda"" (""The Lion of the Tribe of Judah has conquered""), one of many names for Jesus of Nazareth. The phrase ""The Lion of the Tribe of Judah has conquered"" is also found in the Book of Revelation. Tribe of Judah According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Judah (, ""Shevet Yehudah"") was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel. The Tribe of Judah, its conquests, and the centrality of its"
"the lion was linked with the fertility goddess Ishtar and the supreme Mesopotamian god Marduk. The theme of the royal lion hunt, a common motif in the early iconography in West Asia, symbolized death and resurrection; the continuation of life was ensured by the killing of a god-like animal. In some stone reliefs depicting the Royal hunt of lions, the lion's divinity and courage are equated with the divinity and courage of the king. The Lion of Judah is the biblical emblem of the tribe of Judah and the later Kingdom of Judah. Lions are frequently mentioned in the Bible;"
"Tribe of Judah for all time in the person of King David. In Samuel's account, after the death of Saul, all the tribes other than Judah remained loyal to the House of Saul, while Judah chose David as its king. However, after the death of Ish-bosheth, Saul's son and successor to the throne of Israel, all the other Israelite tribes made David, who was then the king of Judah, king of a re-united Kingdom of Israel. The Book of Kings follows the expansion and unparalleled glory of the United Monarchy under King Solomon. A majority of scholars believe that the"
"Caleb Caleb (), sometimes transliterated as Kaleb (, ""Kalev""; Tiberian vocalization: Kālēḇ; Hebrew Academy: Kalev), is a figure who appears in the Hebrew Bible as a representative of the Tribe of Judah during the Israelites' journey to the Promised Land. A reference to him is also found in the Quran, although his name is not mentioned. According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, ""since 'Caleb' signifies dog, it has been thought that the dog was the totem of [Caleb's] clan"". The New American Standard Exhaustive Concordance states that the name ""Kaleb"" (Caleb) is related to the word for ""dog"" (""keleb""). The Bible"
"it continues to be an important symbol among members of the Rastafari movement. The biblical Judah (in Hebrew: ""Yehuda"") is the eponymous ancestor of the Tribe of Judah, which is traditionally symbolized by a lion. In Genesis, the patriarch Jacob (""Israel"") gave that symbol to this tribe when he refers to his son Judah as a ""Gur Aryeh"" גּוּר אַרְיֵה יְהוּדָה, ""Young Lion"" (Genesis 49:9) when blessing him. In Jewish naming tradition the Hebrew name and the substitute name are often combined as a pair, as in this case. The Lion of Judah was used as a Jewish symbol for"
"wander about in the land. So grieve not for the transgressing people. <section end=""5:26""/> Caleb Caleb (), sometimes transliterated as Kaleb (, ""Kalev""; Tiberian vocalization: Kālēḇ; Hebrew Academy: Kalev), is a figure who appears in the Hebrew Bible as a representative of the Tribe of Judah during the Israelites' journey to the Promised Land. A reference to him is also found in the Quran, although his name is not mentioned. According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, ""since 'Caleb' signifies dog, it has been thought that the dog was the totem of [Caleb's] clan"". The New American Standard Exhaustive Concordance states that"
"(, ). In the Blessing of Jacob, Benjamin is referred to as ""a ravenous wolf""; traditional interpretations often considered this to refer to the might of a specific member of the tribe, either the champion Ehud, king Saul, or Mordecai of the Esther narrative, or in Christian circles, the apostle Paul. The Temple in Jerusalem was traditionally said to be partly in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin (but mostly in that of Judah), and some traditional interpretations of the Blessing consider the ""ravenous wolf"" to refer to the Temple's altar, as simile in regard to the heavy presence"
"the text reads: The World English Bible translates the passage as: For a collection of other versions see BibRef Matthew 1:9 This part (the second section - David to the Babylon Removal - as summarized in ) of the list of Jesus' ancestry coincides with the list of the Kings of Judah that is present in a number of other parts of the Bible. Unlike other parts of Matthew's genealogy this list is fully in keeping with the other sources. Uzziah, was King of Judah (809 BC - 759 BC) (Amos 1:1) . According to William F. Albright, Jotham ruled"
"son King Solomon. Menelik II dropped the use of this title. The Ethiopian Emperors continued to use the honorific of ""Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah"" up until the monarchy ended with the fall of Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974. Since the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, many European rulers have claimed to be its rightful heir. None of these, however, have actually ruled over a part of the former Kingdom. Today there are several potential European claimants on the basis of the inheritance of the title. None of the claimants have any power in the area of"
"Tribe of Judah According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Judah (, ""Shevet Yehudah"") was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel. The Tribe of Judah, its conquests, and the centrality of its capital in Jerusalem for the worship of the god Yahweh figure prominently in the Deuteronomistic history, encompassing the books of Deuteronomy through II Kings, which most scholars agree was reduced to written form, although subject to exilic and post-exilic alterations and emendations, during the reign of the Judahist reformer Josiah from 641–609 BCE. According to the account in the Book of Joshua, following a partial conquest"
"king of Judah, king of a re-united Kingdom of Israel. On the accession of Rehoboam, David's grandson, in c. 930 BC the northern tribes split from the House of David to reform a Kingdom of Israel as the Northern Kingdom. Asher was a member of the kingdom until the kingdom was conquered by Assyria in c. 723 BC and the population deported. From that time, the Tribe of Asher has been counted as one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. In the New Testament, Anna the prophetess and her father, Phanuel, are described as belonging to the Tribe of"
"In modern Africa we find a lion-idol among the Balonda (Thomas 1911, p. 52). The lion was also sacred to Hebat, the mother goddess of the Hurrians. In Judaism the patriarch Jacob refers to his son Judah as a Gur Aryeh גּוּר אַרְיֵה יְהוּדָה, a ""Young Lion"" (Genesis 49:9) when blessing him. Thus the Lion of Judah started to be reverenced in some others abrahamic cults, symbolising their prophets, as such as Jesus and Haile Selassie I, the ""ras"" Tafari. In Mesoamerica the jaguar was revered as a symbol of fertility and warriorship among the Aztec, Maya and Olmec, and"
"Solomon Solomon (; , ""Shlomoh),"" also called Jedidiah (Hebrew ""Yedidyah""), was, according to the Hebrew Bible, Old Testament, Quran, and Hadiths, a fabulously wealthy and wise king of Israel who succeeded his father, King David. The conventional dates of Solomon's reign are circa 970 to 931 BCE, normally given in alignment with the dates of David's reign. He is described as the third king of the United Monarchy, which would break apart into the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah shortly after his death. Following the split, his patrilineal descendants ruled over Judah alone. According to"
"David David is described in the Hebrew Bible as the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah after Saul and Ish-bosheth. In the biblical narrative, David is a young shepherd who first gains fame as a musician and later by killing Goliath. He becomes a favorite of King Saul and a close friend of Saul's son Jonathan. Worried that David is trying to take his throne, Saul turns on David. After Saul and Jonathan are killed in battle, David is anointed as King. David conquers Jerusalem, taking the Ark of the Covenant into the city, and establishing"
"Jesus, King of the Jews In the New Testament, Jesus is referred to as the King of the Jews (or of the Judeans), both at the beginning of his life and at the end. In the Koine Greek of the New Testament, e.g., in , this is written ""Basileus ton Ioudaion"" (). Both uses of the title lead to dramatic results in the New Testament accounts. In the account of the Nativity of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew, the wise men (i.e., Magi) who come from the east call Jesus the ""King of the Judeans"", causing King Herod to"
"refused to attack or eat him. Instead the lions slept at his feet, while he petted them. When the Romans saw this, they released him, spooked by the sight. The lion is the biblical emblem of the tribe of Judah and later the Kingdom of Judah. It is contained within Jacob's blessing to his fourth son in the penultimate chapter of the Book of Genesis, ""Judah is a lion's whelp; On prey, my son have you grown. He crouches, lies down like a lion, like the king of beasts—who dare rouse him?"" (Genesis 49:9). In the modern state of Israel,"
"Theology and Religion, Durham University, UK recommends caution in offering any diagnoses in relation to people who lived millennia ago. Saul Saul (; , meaning ""asked for, prayed for""), according to the Hebrew Bible, was the first king of the Kingdom of Israel and Judah. His reign, traditionally placed in the late 11th century BCE, marked a transition from a tribal society to statehood. Saul's life and reign are described in the Hebrew Bible. He was anointed by the prophet Samuel and reigned from Gibeah. He fell on his sword (committing suicide) to avoid capture in the battle against the"
"The Messiah's Donkey In Jewish tradition, the Messiah's Donkey (Hebrew: חמורו של משיח) refers to the donkey upon which the Messiah will arrive to redeem the world at the end of days. In Modern Hebrew the phrase ""the Messiah's donkey"" is used to refer to someone who does the 'dirty work' on behalf of someone else. The origin of the belief can be found in : ""... your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey."" The 'king' referred to in this verse"
"Joshua, each of whom will cite some sin or imperfection and claim unworthiness to lead the blessing. The cup will then pass to King David, who will take it and lead the Birkat HaMazon. The Rabbis cite the verse ""I shall raise the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord"" (Psalms 16:13) as support. This section of the Talmud does not report what King David will say. Belief in bodily resurrection is a tenet of Orthodox Judaism. According to Midrash, three mythical beasts mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the bird Ziz, the animal Behemoth, and the"
"symbol of the victory of the sun. Just as Jesus is called the Lion of Judah, and in Islamic traditions Ali Ibn Abu Talib is called the ""Lion of God"" (""Asadullah"") by Shiite Muslims, Hamzah, the uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, was also called Lion of God. The male sun had always been associated with Iranian royalty: Iranian tradition recalls that Kayanids had a golden sun as their emblem. From the Greek historians of classical antiquity it is known that a crystal image of the sun adorned the royal tent of Darius III, that the Arsacid banner was adorned"
"Greeks and Ahasuerus. Masonic rituals refer to King Solomon and the building of his Temple. Masonic Temples, where a Masonic Lodge meets, are an allegorical reference to King Solomon's Temple. Solomon Solomon (; , ""Shlomoh),"" also called Jedidiah (Hebrew ""Yedidyah""), was, according to the Hebrew Bible, Old Testament, Quran, and Hadiths, a fabulously wealthy and wise king of Israel who succeeded his father, King David. The conventional dates of Solomon's reign are circa 970 to 931 BCE, normally given in alignment with the dates of David's reign. He is described as the third king of the United Monarchy, which would"
"Saul Saul (; , meaning ""asked for, prayed for""), according to the Hebrew Bible, was the first king of the Kingdom of Israel and Judah. His reign, traditionally placed in the late 11th century BCE, marked a transition from a tribal society to statehood. Saul's life and reign are described in the Hebrew Bible. He was anointed by the prophet Samuel and reigned from Gibeah. He fell on his sword (committing suicide) to avoid capture in the battle against the Philistines at Mount Gilboa, during which three of his sons were also killed. The succession to his throne was contested"
"God himself. This attitude may be more pervasive among Rastas living in Africa itself, who are more familiar with the realities of the continent's political problems. Rastas holding to this view sometimes regard the deification of Haile Selassie as naïve or ignorant; there are various Rastas who went from believing that Haile Selassie was both God incarnate and the Second Coming of Jesus to seeing him as something distinct. On being crowned, Haile Selassie was given the title of ""King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah"". Rastas use this title for Haile Selassie"
"in the northern Kingdom of Israel under Jeroboam, while Rehoboam continues to reign over the much smaller southern Kingdom of Judah. Henceforth the two kingdoms are never again united. King Solomon is one of the central biblical figures in Jewish heritage that have lasting religious, national and political aspects. As the builder of the First Temple in Jerusalem and last ruler of the united Kingdom of Israel before its division into the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah, Solomon is associated with the peak ""golden age"" of the independent Kingdom of Israel as well as a"
"Jewish king, Jewish priests and prophets, the Jewish Temple and its utensils, unleavened bread, and a non-Jewish king (Cyrus the Great). In Jewish eschatology the term came to refer to a future king from the Davidic line who will be ""anointed"" to be king of God's kingdom and rule the Jewish people during the Messianic Age. He is considered to be a great military and political leader descended from King David, well versed with the laws that are followed in Judaism. After the fall of the Hasmoneans and the subsequent Roman occupation, many Jews believed it to be the end"
"significant dates when the planet crossed from one zodiacal sign to the next. Knowledge of the Babylonian zodiac is also reflected in the Hebrew Bible; E. W. Bullinger interpreted the creatures appearing in the book of Ezekiel as the middle signs of the four quarters of the Zodiac, with the Lion as Leo, the Bull is Taurus, the Man representing Aquarius and the Eagle representing Scorpio. Some authors have linked the twelve tribes of Israel with the twelve signs and/or the lunar Hebrew calendar having 12 lunar months in a lunar year. Martin and others have argued that the arrangement"
"Throne of Solomon The Throne of Solomon is the throne of King Solomon in the Hebrew Bible, and is a motif in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The term ""throne of Solomon"" does not occur in the Hebrew Bible; though Benaiah the son of Jehoiada blesses the elderly David saying ""may the LORD... make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David."" (1 Kings 1:36). Otherwise the throne is seen as either David's or belonging to God himself; ""Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king"" (1 Chronicles 29:23). The design of the physical throne itself"
"Leonard P Howell, Marley, along with fellow Rastafari, worship Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia as the incarnation of God, and refer to him as ""Ras Tafari,"" ""Jah"" or ""The Lion of Judah"" which Marley does in many of his songs. To him, Selassie was not only one of the most prominent African leaders of his time, he was also identified as God returning to earth as ""King of Kings, Lord of Lords"" (Revelation 19, 16), imperial titles born both by Selassie I and Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II before him. It was Menelik II, however, who created this self-styled imperial title"
"the welfare of his people. His devotion to his country and people culminated in the supreme sacrifice of his life at the border of his empire, in the Battle of Metemma. His full title was ""His Imperial Majesty John IV, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, King of Zion, King of Kings of Ethiopia and Elect of God"" or in Ethiopian ""Ge'ez "". Yohannes IV Yohannes IV (Ge'ez: ፬ኛ ዮሓንስ, ""Āratenya Yōḥānnis""; horse name ""Abba Bezba""; 11 July 1837 – 10 March 1889), born ""Lij"" Kaśa Mercha and contemporaneously also known in English as Johannes or John IV, was"
"the Egyptian and Mesopotamian empires. It is likely that the story of the golden calf in the wilderness (cf. I Kings 12:28 with Ex. 32:4) was composed as a polemic against Jeroboam’s cultic restoration by claiming that its origins were inconsistent with worship of YHWH. Jeroboam Jeroboam I (Hebrew: ""Yārāḇə‘ām""; ) was the first king of the northern Kingdom of Israel after the revolt of the ten northern Israelite tribes against Rehoboam that put an end to the United Monarchy. Jeroboam reigned for 22 years. William F. Albright has dated his reign from 922 to 901 BC, while Edwin R."