<Li> There are 42 questions asked of persons making their journey through Death . Ma'at, a female personification, considered to be both maternal and a delivering force, is an Ancient Egyptian personification of physical and moral law, order, and truth . In the judgment scene described in the Egyptian and the Book of Pass (the Book of the Dead, which evolved from the Coffin Texts and the Pyramid Texts), there are 42 questions personifying the analysis of Ma'at . If the departed reasonably can give answers to the 42 questions, they have the potential to either be reincarnate, or if completely successful, reach the ultimate goal of becoming a Star, whereon, they can continue to give Light, and fuel Universal growth . </Li> <Li> 42 is the number with which God creates the Universe in Kabbalistic tradition . In Kabbalah, the most significant name is that of the En Sof (also known as "Ein Sof", "Infinite" or "Endless"), who is above the Sefirot (sometimes spelled "Sephirot"). The Forty - Two - Lettered Name contains four combined names which are spelled in Hebrew letters (spelled in letters = 42 letters), which is the name of Azilut (or "Atziluth" "Emanation"). While there are obvious links between the Forty - Two Lettered Name of the Babylonian Talmud and the Kabbalah's Forty - Two Lettered Name, they are probably not identical because of the Kabbalah's emphasis on numbers . The Kabbalah also contains a Forty - Five Lettered Name and a Seventy - Two Lettered Name . </Li> <Li> The number 42 appears in various contexts in Christianity . There are 42 generations (names) in the Gospel of Matthew's version of the Genealogy of Jesus; it is prophesied that for 42 months the Beast will hold dominion over the Earth (Revelation 13: 5); 42 men of Beth - azmaveth were counted in the census of men of Israel upon return from exile (Ezra 2: 24); God sent bears to maul 42 of the teenage boys who mocked Elisha for his baldness (2 Kings 2: 23), etc . </Li> <Li> In Judaism, the number (in the Babylonian Talmud, compiled 375 AD to 499 AD) of the "Forty - Two Lettered Name" ascribed to God . Rab (or Rabhs), a 3rd - century source in the Talmud stated "The Forty - Two Lettered Name is entrusted only to him who is pious, meek, middle - aged, free from bad temper, sober, and not insistent on his rights". (Source: Talmud Kidduschin 71a, Translated by Rabbi Dr. I. Epstein). Maimonides felt that the original Talmudic Forty - Two Lettered Name was perhaps composed of several combined divine names (Maimonides "Moreh"). The apparently unpronouncable Tetragrammaton provides the backdrop from the Twelve - Lettered Name and the Forty - Two Lettered Name of the Talmud . </Li>

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