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The camel, the hare & the hyrax : a study of the laws of animals with one kosher sign in light of modern zoology / Nosson Slifkin.

Title
The camel, the hare & the hyrax : a study of the laws of animals with one kosher sign in light of modern zoology / Nosson Slifkin.
Author
Slifḳin, Natan
Publication
Southfield, MI : Zoo Torah in association with Targum/Feldheim, 2004.

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Description
231 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Alternative Title
Camel, the hare and the hyrax
Subject
  • Judaism and science
  • Animals > Judaism
  • Zoology > Judaism
  • Animals in the Bible
  • Zoology
  • Animals in rabbinical literature
  • Rabbinical literature > History and criticism
  • Jews > Dietary laws
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Hooves and cud -- Is the list claimed to be exhaustive? -- Systems of classification -- Camels, llamas, and camas -- Shafan and Arneves -- unknown or extinct? -- Shafan -- the hyrax -- Arneves -- the hare -- Cecotrophy in other animals -- The controversial Capybara -- Marsupials and merycism -- Pigs, hippos and peccaries -- Kosher pigs? -- Rules of teeth and fish -- Solutions and conclusions.
ISBN
1568713126
OCLC
  • 60669182
  • SCSB-12635662
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library