I cannot tell you exactly how reflective they were: its a very complicated question, that only a very gifted blacksmith can answer.
Check out Exodus 26:29 - And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
Well, I mean, what little I know from chemistry of metallurgy, if it were purified enough and polished enough, it would be reflective. I just didn't realize it would have had this done to it. I've only read the entire torah a handful of times, though, and without a visual aide, I suppose some of the details were easy to gloss over.
Yes indeed, description of the Mishkan is not for the fainthearted ;)
Checkout my favorite videos - they all differ in a way they show reflections.
And check 01/072010 posts in my blog about infinity mirrored rooms. I tried to explained it as much as I could, although I'm still working on it.
See... the Mishkan is an EXTREMELY complex structure: both from scientific and religious point of view. And reconstructing its details is by no means a job for just one man :(
I most definitely would love to check that out. Is "Mishkan" the Hebrew word for "Tabernacle"? I know a few words (Lebab, Nephesh, etc), but I've never heard that one.
כל הכבוד !!!
עלה והצלח אשריך !!
GmaRaGmaRa 1 year ago
@GmaRaGmaRa תודה רבה, אני מעריך את זה.
asigalov61 1 year ago
Would it really have had that gold mirror appearance?
sorenkierkegaard2008 2 years ago
Yes, they would!
I cannot tell you exactly how reflective they were: its a very complicated question, that only a very gifted blacksmith can answer.
Check out Exodus 26:29 - And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
asigalov61 2 years ago
Well, I mean, what little I know from chemistry of metallurgy, if it were purified enough and polished enough, it would be reflective. I just didn't realize it would have had this done to it. I've only read the entire torah a handful of times, though, and without a visual aide, I suppose some of the details were easy to gloss over.
sorenkierkegaard2008 2 years ago
No pun intended.
sorenkierkegaard2008 2 years ago
Yes indeed, description of the Mishkan is not for the fainthearted ;)
Checkout my favorite videos - they all differ in a way they show reflections.
And check 01/072010 posts in my blog about infinity mirrored rooms. I tried to explained it as much as I could, although I'm still working on it.
See... the Mishkan is an EXTREMELY complex structure: both from scientific and religious point of view. And reconstructing its details is by no means a job for just one man :(
asigalov61 2 years ago
I most definitely would love to check that out. Is "Mishkan" the Hebrew word for "Tabernacle"? I know a few words (Lebab, Nephesh, etc), but I've never heard that one.
sorenkierkegaard2008 2 years ago 2
Yes, good question:
This structure bears several official names and countless more traditional names:
Official names are(Hebrew\English):
1) Mishkan - The Tabernacle
2) Mishkan Eidah - Tabernacle of the Testimony
3) Mikdash - The Sanctuary
4) Mikdash\Mishkan e Shekinah - Tabernacle\Sanctuary of The Presence
5) Shaar-e-Shamaym - Heavens' Gateway
Word Mishkan\Tabernacle refers to the entire structure. The Tent of the Mishkan is called - Ohel
asigalov61 2 years ago