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Ziz in Hebrew literature (1)

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02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs



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astrology
Jews
omens
Ziz
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Jewish poets

Text
Qalir, Piyyut:
He will then show them three consolations
Ziz and Leviathan and Behemoth.
Ziz who feeds them with all sort of tastes,
spreads its wings mightily
and dims the luminaries as far as the deeps.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Qalir, Piyyut

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

Amar Annus


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