A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE SIGNIFICATION OF NUMBER SEVEN IN DIFFERENT SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS CONTEXTS
Journal Title: Asian Journal Social Sciences & Humanities - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 4
Abstract
In the present paper the authors endeavors to shed light on the high signification f number seven in the religious, cultural, social and mystical background of human history. Having analyzed Quranic and biblical contexts, the author presents the reader with numerous examples to demonstrate the holiness often attributed to number seven. Delving into mythology and sociology he has also provided the reader with enough evidence in order to indicate how number seven is reckoned in different civilizations. There is an emphasis to trace the historical status of the number in Persian context.
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Ali Alavijeh
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