The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (689 page)

Dov Baar of Lubavitch
(son of founder of
abad)
:

see
ABAD
.

 
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(d. 1772).
An early
asidic
leader. A
Talmudic
and
kabbalistic
scholar, Dov Baer was generally recognized as the successor of the Baal Shem Tov (
Israel ben Eliezer
). He lived an
ascetic
life and, by his saintliness, set a pattern for future
Zaddikim
(
asidic leaders). His doctrines have been preserved through collections of his sayings and through the works of his disciples. His activities were strongly condemned by the Orthodox in Vilna, who pronounced a ban of ex-communication (
erem
) on the movement, and this is said to have hastened Dov Baer's death.
He is also known as ‘the Great Maggid’ because of his powerful preaching and aphorisms. His teachings were collected after his death in
Maggid Devarav le-Ya‘aqov
(1781).

 
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Dove
.

A bird of the pigeon family. Much symbolism is focused on the dove which ancient natural history (wrongly) regarded as a gentle and humble bird, noted for its fidelity. As the bird that returned to the
ark
with an olive-branch, it is a symbol of peace (cf.
Genesis
8. 11); as the bird that descended on Christ at his baptism, it is a symbol of the Holy Spirit (cf.
Mark
1. 10). The dove is also a symbol of the Church, the faithful human soul, or divine inspiration. The ‘eucharistic dove’ was a popular vessel in medieval Europe for the reservation of the Blessed Sacrament.

 
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(1847–1907).
Founder of the ‘Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion’. An Australian
Congregational
minister, he moved to the USA in 1888 after a personal healing experience. There he established divine healing homes, and then in 1896 his own healing and
adventist
church in Chicago. A continuing community of several thousand includes some Navajo Indians, but the Church no longer rules Zion City as a theocracy.

 
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