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Talmudic omen protases (1)

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Fox
02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs
02.05 Animal/theriomorphic symbols and iconographic motifs
02.05.01 Mammals
02.05.01.15 Fox
Ominous behaviour of men and animals
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.02 Omen interpretation
05.02.02 Terrestrial omens (Šumma ālu)
05.02.02.05 Ominous behaviour of men and animals

Keywords
omens

Period
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Channel
Jewish philosophers and scholars

Text
Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 65b:
Our Rabbis taught: A soothsayer is one who says: One’s bread has fallen out of his hand; his staff has fallen out of his hand; his son calls to him from behind; a raven calls out to him, a deer has stopped in his path; a serpent is on his right side; a fox is on his left side.

Source (list of abbreviations) (source links will open in a new browser window)
Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 65b

Bibliography

Geller 1999, 30

Geller, M. J. “The Babylonian Background to Talmudic Science.” European Association for Jewish Studies Newsletter 6 (1999) 27-31. [PDF]

Amar Annus

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