"Ostrich is a Fowl for any Matter": The ostrich as a "strange" fowl in Jewish literature
The size, strange body shape and behaviour of the ostrich aroused the imagination of the ancients, Jews and non-Jews, and therefore beginning from the classical era until recent generations, various legends and beliefs were attached to it. The ancients deliberated whether the ostrich is a bird or it...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2018
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HTS teologiese studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 74, Issue: 1 |
| Further subjects: | B
Al-Jāhiz
B Physiologus B Medieval B Jewish Literature B Ostrich's Gaze B Metal and Glass B Camel-Fowl B Ostrich's Incubation B Ostrich B Ostrich's Eggs B Midrash |
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