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<blockquote data-quote="dms1972" data-source="post: 75995609" data-attributes="member: 325736"><p>Yes I see how these parallels can be drawn </p><p></p><p>I have wondered at times if the Elfin lembas bread parallels anything would it be more likely to parallel the manna (which was made into cakes) which God provided to feed the Israelites in the wilderness? But again the parallel breaks down after a point, because the Israelites were not to store up manna - they had to rely on God providing fresh manna anew each morning <a href="https://www.christianforums.com/bible/exodus/16/" target="_blank">Exodus 16</a> - wereas Lembas could keep fresh for a long time.</p><p></p><p>In the course of posting - I have just read Lembas is likely based on <em>Hard Tack</em>, a sort of cracker which was often used for provisions on sea and land journeys. The same article does say its possible Tolkien also modeled it on Catholic sacramental bread.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Lembas" target="_blank">Lembas</a></p><p></p><p>Melkor/Morgoth/Sauron are like the Devil - but I haven't read enough (I have read LOTR and the Hobbit - and a bit of the Silmarilion) to know the progression from Melkor to Morgoth to Sauron (is Sauron and Morgoth the same character?).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dms1972, post: 75995609, member: 325736"] Yes I see how these parallels can be drawn I have wondered at times if the Elfin lembas bread parallels anything would it be more likely to parallel the manna (which was made into cakes) which God provided to feed the Israelites in the wilderness? But again the parallel breaks down after a point, because the Israelites were not to store up manna - they had to rely on God providing fresh manna anew each morning [URL='https://www.christianforums.com/bible/exodus/16/']Exodus 16[/URL] - wereas Lembas could keep fresh for a long time. In the course of posting - I have just read Lembas is likely based on [I]Hard Tack[/I], a sort of cracker which was often used for provisions on sea and land journeys. The same article does say its possible Tolkien also modeled it on Catholic sacramental bread. [URL='https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Lembas']Lembas[/URL] Melkor/Morgoth/Sauron are like the Devil - but I haven't read enough (I have read LOTR and the Hobbit - and a bit of the Silmarilion) to know the progression from Melkor to Morgoth to Sauron (is Sauron and Morgoth the same character?). [/QUOTE]
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