As we continue to get organised for the advent season, I have put together a list of the items I want to collect for our Jesse tree this year. There are many different versions of the traditional readings (bible verses) for each day of December and the key characters to be included on the Jesse tree. The list below contains the ones we are focussing on this year and next year we will add completely different symbols, representing over time as many different parts of the bible as possible. I may end up swapping out a couple of these bible characters for others if I have trouble finding a suitable symbol.
Down the left are the “characters” and in brackets to the right are possible symbols for each. Readings can be found on so many different websites, I haven’t listed them here but I did include some links on my last Jesse tree post.
- God (sun, Earth)
- Adam & Eve (apple)
- Noah (ark, dove, rainbow)
- Abraham (tent, stars, camel)
- Isaac (stick bundle, ram)
- Jacob (ladder)
- Joseph (coat, sack of grain)
- Moses (burning bush, baby in basket, reeds)
- Israelites (lamb)
- God (10 commandments stone tablets)
- Joshua (ram horn)
- Gideon (clay pitcher, sword)
- Samuel (crown, lamp)
- David (shepherd’s crook, harp, 6 pointed star of David, sling shot)
- Elijah (alter, raven)
- Hezekiah (tent)
- Isaiah (tongs, hot coal, scroll)
- Jeremiah (tears, hand)
- Habakkuk (watch tower)
- Nehemiah (city wall, trowel)
- John the Baptist (shell, fish)
- Mary (white lily, letter M)
- Elizabeth (Mother & child, letter E)
- Zechariah (stylus & tablet)
- Joseph (hammer, saw)
- Magi (star, 3 gifts, 3 crowns)
- Jesus (manger, star)
- Christ (chi-rho symbol)
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