Bible Animals

Bible Animals
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John George Wood. Bible Animals

PREFACE

MAMMALIA

THE APE

THE BAT

THE LION

THE LEOPARD

THE CAT

THE DOG

THE WOLF

THE FOX OR JACKAL

THE HYÆNA

THE WEASEL

THE FERRET

THE BADGER

THE BEAR

THE HEDGEHOG, OR BITTERN

THE PORCUPINE

THE MOLE

THE MOUSE

THE HARE

CATTLE

THE WILD BULL

THE REÊM, OR "UNICORN" OF SCRIPTURE

THE BISON

THE GAZELLE, OR ROE OF SCRIPTURE

THE PYGARG, OR ADDAX

THE FALLOW-DEER, OR BUBALE

THE SHEEP

THE CHAMOIS

THE GOAT

THE WILD GOAT

THE DEER

THE CAMEL

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

THE BACTRIAN CAMEL

THE HORSE

THE ASS

THE WILD ASS

THE MULE

SWINE

THE ELEPHANT

THE CONEY, OR HYRAX

BEHEMOTH

BIRDS

THE LÄMMERGEIER, OR OSSIFRAGE OF SCRIPTURE

THE EGYPTIAN VULTURE OR GIER-EAGLE

THE GRIFFON VULTURE, OR EAGLE OF SCRIPTURE

THE EAGLE

THE OSPREY

THE KITE, OR VULTURE OF SCRIPTURE

THE HAWK

THE OWL

THE NIGHT-HAWK

THE SWALLOW

THE HOOPOE, OR LAPWING OF SCRIPTURE

THE SPARROW

THE CUCKOO

THE DOVE

POULTRY

THE PEACOCK

THE PARTRIDGE

THE QUAIL

THE RAVEN

THE OSTRICH

THE BITTERN

THE HERON

THE CRANE

THE STORK

THE SWAN

THE CORMORANT

THE PELICAN

REPTILES

THE TORTOISE

THE DHUBB

THE LEVIATHAN OR CROCODILE

THE LETÂÂH OR LIZARD

THE CHAMELEON, MONITOR, AND GECKO

SERPENTS

THE CERASTES, OR SHEPHIPHON OF SCRIPTURE

THE VIPER, OR EPHEH

THE FROG

FISHES

CHAPTER II

INVERTEBRATES

MOLLUSCS

THE SNAIL

THE ONYCHA

THE PEARL

INSECTS

THE LOCUST

HYMENOPTERA. THE BEE

THE HORNET

THE ANT

HOMOPTERA. THE CRIMSON WORM

LEPIDOPTERA. THE CLOTHES MOTH

THE SILKWORM MOTH

DIPTERA. FLIES

GNATS

APTERA AND APANIPTERA. THE LOUSE

THE FLEA

ARACHNIDA. THE SCORPION

THE SPIDER

ANNELIDA. THE WORM

THE HORSE LEECH

PROTOZOA AND RADIATA. SPONGE AND CORAL

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Owing to the conditions of time, language, country, and race under which the various books of the Holy Scriptures were written, it is impossible that they should be rightly understood at the present day, and in this land, without the aid of many departments of knowledge. Contemporary history, philology, geography, and ethnology must all be pressed into the service of the true Biblical scholar; and there is yet another science which is to the full as important as either of the others. This is Natural History, in its widest sense.

The Oriental character of the Scriptural books causes them to abound with metaphors and symbols, taken from the common life of the time. They embrace the barren precipitous rocks alternating with the green and fertile valleys, the trees, flowers, and herbage, the creeping things of the earth, the fishes of the sea, the birds of the air, and the beasts which abode with man or dwelt in the deserts and forests. Unless, therefore, we understand these writings as those understood them for whom they were written, it is evident that we shall misinterpret instead of rightly comprehending them. Even with secular books of equally ancient date, the right understanding of them would be important, but in the case of the Holy Scriptures it is more than important, and becomes a duty. The field which is laid open to us is so large that only one department of Natural History, namely Zoology, can be treated in this work, although it is illustrated by many references to other branches of Natural History, to the physical geography of Palestine, Egypt, and Syria, the race-character of the inhabitants, and historical parallels. The importance of Zoology in elucidating the Scriptures cannot be overrated, and without its aid we shall not only miss the point of innumerable passages of the Old and New Testament, but the words of our Lord Himself will either be totally misinterpreted, or at least lose the greater part of their significance.

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Its habits are identical with those of the European Hedgehog. Like that animal it is carnivorous, feeding on worms, snails, frogs, lizards, snakes, and similar creatures, and occasionally devouring the eggs and young of birds that make their nest on the ground.

Small as is the Hedgehog, it can devour all such animals with perfect ease, its jaws and teeth being much stronger than might be anticipated from the size of their owner.

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