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SAINTS Elijah The prophet Elijah offers a fascinating example of how Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions and mythologies are interlinked and interwoven. Elijah lived during the ninth century BC and is an important figure within the Christian Bible, the Quran and the Talmud. In Jewish tradition the return of Elijah to the earth will announce the coming of the messiah. He is of particular interest within this context because, in the NewTestament, it was thought that St John the Baptist might, in fact, be Elijah. In the Gospel of Luke, an angel of the Lord appears to the priest Zechariah in the temple and announces that his wife Elizabeth will bear him a son who will be called John. The child will be the prophet John the Baptist and the angel tells Zechariah that,‘He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. With the spirit and power of Elijah he will go before them, to turn the hearts of parents to their children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.’ (Luke 1:16–17) Both prophets shared similar characteristics – preaching in the wilderness, declaring that judgement day was approaching – and both taught the importance of worshipping the God of the Israelites. Indeed, following preaching the coming of the Son of God, St John the Baptist was summoned to speak to the Pharisees.‘This is the testimony given by John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” He confessed and did not deny it, but confessed, “I am not the Messiah.” And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.”’(John 1:21) Interestingly, the prophet Elijah has also been identified •66•
SAINTS AND OTHER WORLD RELIGIONS with the figure of St George whose tomb at Lydda, or modern day Lod in Palestine, is a focus of worship for Christians, Muslims and Jews. Today the shrine of St George is located within an Eastern Orthodox church next to a mosque. In Islamic tradition, St George is identified with the figure of Al Khidr whose name means ‘the Green One’. It is thought that elements of the life of the prophet Elijah have influenced and become interwoven with stories and legends relating to both St George and Al Khidr. There are also parallels between saints in the Christian sense and those individuals who are referred to as the tzadikim within Judaism. Those who are deemed to be particularly worthy or righteous are described as a tzadik. This Hebrew word translates as‘righteous one’ although other traditions also claim that a tzadik is an individual who does not commit sins and furthermore is not tempted or interested in sinning. According to the Talmud, there are always thirty-six tzadiks alive in the world. It also states dramatically that it is only because of the existence of these unique sinless individuals that the world continues to exist. It is also believed that such particularly holy figures can, through prayer, achieve miracles. Sufism Sufism has been defined as a kind of mystical tradition within the religion of Islam. It is a tradition that is thought to have developed during the eighth century AD and has been described as offering a path towards the Divine and, in this sense, has been referred to as the ‘Sufi Way’. It has been observed that the reverence held for a number of figures within Sufism has elements that are comparable to the Christian veneration of •67•
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APPENDICES February 15 St Sigfrid F
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APPENDICES April 18 St Aya April 19
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APPENDICES June 17 St Rainerius of
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Jenkins, Simon, Englan
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Abda al-Qadir al-Jilani, 68 Act of
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Domitian, 21 dragons, 21, 49, 79, 8
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Magdalene, Mary, 18-19 Mahatma, 11
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