The silence of the (spotted) lambs: ovine otherness in the Hebrew Bible

Biblical scholarship has largely read the rare ovine term טלא 'spotted lamb' (1 Sam 7,9; Is 40,11; 65,25) as another ovine designation of a 'young lamb', in spite of its direct linguistic correlation with the verbal root טלא 'to be spotted, multicolored'. In addition to...

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Main Author: Yoder, Tyler R. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters [2016]
In: Biblica
Year: 2016, Volume: 97, Issue: 4, Pages: 492-502
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Old Testament / Agriculture / Sheep
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Animals
B Old Testament
B Metaphor
B Lamb
Parallel Edition:Electronic