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  2. Animals in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Among the former we may mention the little owl (Athene noctua), the Egyptian eagle-owl (Bubo ascalaphus), the great owl of some authors, called ibis in the D.V., the screech or hooting owl, probably the lîlîth (לִיִלית) of Isaiah 34, and the lamia of St. Jerome and the D.V.; the barn owl (Strix flammea), possibly corresponding to the ...

  3. Living creatures (Bible) - Wikipedia

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    In the New Testament book of Revelation 4:6–8, four living beings (Greek: ζῷον, zōion) [5] are seen in John's vision. These appear as a lion, an ox, a man, and an eagle, much as in Ezekiel but in a different order.

  4. Four senses of Scripture - Wikipedia

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    In Judaism, bible hermeneutics notably uses midrash, a Jewish method of interpreting the Hebrew Bible and the rules which structure the Jewish laws. [1] The early allegorizing trait in the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible figures prominently in the massive oeuvre of a prominent Hellenized Jew of Alexandria, Philo Judaeus, whose allegorical reading of the Septuagint synthesized the ...

  5. Kosher animals - Wikipedia

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    White owl Turtle dove Despite being listed among the birds by the Bible, bats are not birds, and are in fact mammals (because the Hebrew Bible distinguishes animals into four general categories—beasts of the land, flying animals, creatures which crawl upon the ground, and animals which dwell in water—not according to modern scientific ...

  6. Unclean animal - Wikipedia

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    The pig is considered an unclean animal as food in Judaism and Islam, and parts of Christianity.. In some religions, an unclean animal is an animal whose consumption or handling is taboo.

  7. Witchcraft and divination in the Hebrew Bible - Wikipedia

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    The forms of divination mentioned in Deuteronomy 17 are portrayed as being of foreign origin; this is the only part of the Hebrew Bible to make such a claim. [5] According to Ann Jeffers, the presence of laws forbidding necromancy proves that it was practiced throughout Israel's history.

  8. What Is the Meaning of a White Butterfly? The Facts ... - AOL

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    White Butterfly Tattoo Meaning. Butterflies in general are popular inspirations for tattoos, often symbolizing personal journeys of transformation or rebirth in a beautiful graphic form. White ...

  9. Allegorical interpretation of the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Allegorical interpretation of the Bible is an interpretive method that assumes that the Bible has various levels of meaning and tends to focus on the spiritual sense, which includes the allegorical sense, the moral (or tropological) sense, and the anagogical sense, as opposed to the literal sense.