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
Отрывок из книги
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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