Why does yale have hebrew

Create an account. The Yeshiva World. This topic has 28 replies, 18 voices, and was last updated 9 years, 4 months ago by Sam2. Viewing 29 posts - 1 through 29 of 29 total. March 20, am at am March 20, pm at pm BTGuy Participant. As far as I know, there are a few reasons. Harvard, too, I believe has Hebrew somewhere in their logos. RSRH Member. ItcheSrulik Member. Lots of Ivy league schools have Hebrew words on their seals. Some even have????

MDG Participant. You should check out the Columbia University seal. What do you think of that? Why did Columbia U. July 9, am at am ChaimD Member. Why hebrew on yale logo? Asked by: Brody Walter. Most scholars suspect that the phrase refers to a set of two objects used by the high priest to answer a question or reveal the will of God.

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The date on which the trustees first applied for a seal, October 17, , was no random one in Yale history. Rector Timothy Cutler had just publicly challenged the ordination of virtually every minister in New England, thereby attacking the foundations of New England society. Kelley to the 20th-century equivalent of a Yale President declaring that Russian communism was superior to American democracy.

On October 17, , the Yale trustees fired Cutler and instituted a confession of faith to be required of Yale faculty. The Wollebius book, with the anti-Arminian stance that it took, would therefore have been an especially fitting source for the Yale motto.

In this context the request for a seal that day had far more than decorative significance; it was likely a declaration of Yale ideals. The latter opinion prevailed at Yale.