A Jewish Bestiary : : Fabulous Creatures from Hebraic Legend and Lore /

A Jewish Bestiary : : Fabulous Creatures from Hebraic Legend and Lore / / Mark Podwal.

“Ask the beast and it will teach thee, and the birds of heaven and they will tell thee.” —Job 12:7In the Middle Ages, the bestiary achieved a popularity second only to that of the Bible. In addition to being a kind of encyclopedia of the animal kingdom, the bestiary also served as a book of moral an...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
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Podwal, Mark,
Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (88 p.) :; 35 color illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • A JEWISH Bestiary
  • The Ant
  • The Ass
  • The Azazel-Goat
  • The Barnacle Goose
  • The Bear
  • Behemoth
  • The Cock
  • The Crab
  • The Dove
  • The Fox
  • The Frog
  • The Gazelle
  • The Gnat
  • The Golden Calf
  • The Great Fish
  • The Hare
  • The Hoopoe
  • Leviathan
  • The Lion
  • Nebuchadnezzar as a Beast
  • The Ostrich
  • The Phoenix
  • The Ram
  • The Raven
  • The Red Heifer
  • The Re’em
  • The Salamander
  • The Scorpion
  • The Serpent
  • The Snail
  • The Spider
  • The Stork
  • The Swine
  • The Unicorn
  • Ziz
  • Selected Bibliography

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