Manna

As manna or bread from heaven in the Bible (2 Mos 16 EU ) refers to the food that was used by the Israelites on their 40 years of wandering through the desert as food.

The exact meaning of the word Manna (Hebrew: מָן one ) is unclear, but probably referred to in Hebrew (Hebrew מָן הוּא one hu), which is intended to refer to the sudden, unexpected appearance of manna in the wilderness, " What is it? ".

In the New Testament (John 6.30 to 35 EU) is called Jesus Christ having regard to manna "bread of life". In Christianity, therefore Manna is a symbol of the Eucharist.

Manna in the Quran

Also in the Quran Manna is mentioned, for example:

Sura 2 Al -Baqara verse 57, " And we left the cloud over you cast shadows. And we sent manna and quails down on you ( by calling upon you): ' Eat of the good things we have provided for you ' ( But the children of Israel were ungrateful and unruly. ) And they did wrong ( it) not! against us, but against himself. "

Sura Al- A'raf 7 verse 160 "And We divided them into twelve tribes, to communities, and We revealed to Musa when his people demanded something to drink from him, blow with thy staff the rock 'Da sprang him. twelve springs: so each group knew its own place. And We admitted them by shade of clouds and sent down to them manna and quails. , Eat of the good things We have provided for you, 'and they did no harm Us, but themselves they wronged. "

As well as Surah Ta -Ha 20 Verse 80, " O Children of Israel, We delivered you from your enemy, and We made a covenant on the right side of the mountain with you and sent manna and quails upon you. "

Interpretation of Manna

An older interpretation Manna interpreted as the thalli distributed over the Middle East, edible Mannaflechte ( Lecanora esculenta ). The Revised Standard Version of the Bible refers to the resin of the manna - tamarisk, but makes it clear that this occurs in too small quantities to serve the power of a larger migratory group. (Note to 2 Mos 16,31 EU). In reality, Manna is an excretory secretions of living on tamarisk in the Sinai scale insects, a liquid, which is usually at night excreted in the form of glass-like transparent, sugar-rich water droplets and a milky white takes on as a result of crystallization after a few days to light yellow brown color. The scale insects in question are mainly the types Najococcus serpentinus and Trabutina mannipura. So Manna is a special kind of honeydew.