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Ziz of the field in Talmud (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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Babylonian Talmud, Baba Bathra 73b:
Rabbah b. Bar Hanna further related: “Once we travelled on board of a ship and we saw a bird standing up to its ankles in water while its head reached the sky. We thought the water was not deep and wished to go down and cool ourselves, but a Bath Kol (= divine voice, lower grade of prophecy) called out: ‘Do not go down here for a carpenter’s axe was dropped (into this water) seven years ago and it has not (yet) reached the bottom.’ … R. Ashi said: ‘That bird was Ziz of the field (Ziz-Saddai) for it is written: And Ziz-Saddai is with me.

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Babylonian Talmud, Baba Bathra 73b

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 Midrash (1)
Cf. Ziz in Hebrew literature (1)
Cf. Ziz in Midrash (1)

Amar Annus


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