THESE ARE THE BEASTS
The dietary regulations of the covenant people must be regarded
primarily as sanitary. Israel, it must be remembered, was a nation
living on the earth under a theocratic government. Of necessity the
divine legislation concerned itself with the social as well as with
the religio... [ Continue Reading ]
HARE
Hebrew, arnebeth, an unidentified animal, but certainly not a hare,
possessing as it is said to, characteristics not possessed by the
hare. The supposed error in the text is due entirely to the
translators' assumption that the English hare and the ancient
"arnebeth" were identical.... [ Continue Reading ]