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Ziz of the field in Midrash (1)

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02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs



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Ziz
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Jewish philosophers and scholars

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Midrash, Leviticus Rabbah 22.10:
R. Johanan in the name of R. Jonathan said, “Instead of that which I have forbidden you, I have permitted you … “ Instead of certain fish, Leviathan. Instead of certain birds, Ziz. This is one of whom it is written, ‘I know every bird of the mountains and Ziz of the field belongs to me’ (Psalm 50:11). R. Judah b. Simeon said, “At the moment when he spreads his wings he dims the disk of the sun. … Why is his name called ‘Ziz’? Because in him there are a great many tastes, a taste of this and a taste of that. Instead of certain animals, Behemoth on a thousand hills.”

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Midrash, Leviticus Rabbah 22.10
Psalm 50:11

Bibliography

Wazana 2002Wazana, Nili. Ziz. The Biblical Anzu. Leiden: Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale 48 Paper (1-4.7.2002) 2002.

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Cf. Ziz of the field (1)
Cf. Ziz of the field (2)
Cf. Ziz of the field in Talmud (1)
Cf. Ziz in Hebrew literature (1)
Cf. Ziz in Midrash (1)

Amar Annus


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