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This work examines the use of emblems to convey moral action and national identity in Zionism.

February 13, 2026

Laboring Hand

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This work examines the use of emblems to convey moral action and national identity in Zionism.
Analyzes early modern emblematic traditions from Camerarius and Borja.
Explores the historical context of the Degania kibbutz.
Examines the integration of Enlightenment ideals in the museum's symbol.
The 'Laboring Hand' symbolizes moral action through agricultural imagery.
It shows a reinterpretation of European traditions to promote Zionist aspirations.
The emblem illustrates a modern national ethos, intertwining humanistic values with renewal efforts.

Abstract

A nature museum and research institute, founded in 1935 in the first kibbutz (Degania, established in 1909), adopts as its symbol a hand scattering seeds on barren soil–an image rooted in early modern emblematic tradition. Drawing inspiration from emblems by Camerarius and Borja, the museum’s founder employed agricultural metaphors to convey moral action while integrating Enlightenment ideals of science and progress. The «Laboring Hand» emblem embodies the dynamic interplay between European humanistic traditions and Zionism’s aspirations for renewal, illustrating how early modern emblems were deliberately reinterpreted to shape a distinct modern national ethos.

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Tamar et al. (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698ebf9785a1ff6a93016f75 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.7203/imago.17.29687

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