Aaron \’ar-an\ (fl. c. 14th century bc) The traditional founder and head of the Jewish priesthood, who, with his brother Moses, led the Israelites out of Egypt. The figure of Aaron is built up from several sources of tradition. In the Talmud and Midrash he is seen as the leading personality at the side of Moses. The sign that he was God’s choice for high priest was the blossoming of his walking stick, or rod.
Aaron’s Rod Novel by D.H. Lawrence, published in 1922. Lawrence constructed a parallel between the power that was miraculously manifested in the blossoming rod wielded by the biblical figure Aaron and the effect of the flute played by the protagonist of the novel, Aaron Sisson.
Sisson is an amateur flutist who works in a coal mine. He abandons his wife and the life he has known to travel and seek new adventures, making his living as a flutist. While he is in Florence, Italy, his flute is shattered during political riots.
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