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ramoss
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Message 50 of 202 (294989)
03-13-2006 6:11 PM
Reply to: Message 49 by LudoRephaim
03-13-2006 5:11 PM


The conclusion by Jewish sources is that the Behemoth is indeed mythical. It is the first 'Primal' animal , king of all animals on th eland (just as the leviathan was the water equivalent)

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Message 52 of 202 (295128)
03-14-2006 8:10 AM
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03-13-2006 11:47 PM


I dont think that these animals are mythical or unreal creatures, but the Jewish interpretations of scripture must be considered. Plus they are way cool.
One thing you can be sure on is that , particularly when looking at scripture, there will be a number of opinions on what that scripture means to the Jewish faith. The traditional way of studing torah and talmud is to take a passage, and debate on what that passage means. The
debates become rather heated sometimes.
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Message 95 of 202 (297263)
03-22-2006 8:59 AM
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03-22-2006 8:54 AM


Re: on the other hand....
Do you have any evidence that it is NOT mythical?

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ramoss
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Message 96 of 202 (297264)
03-22-2006 9:01 AM
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03-22-2006 8:54 AM


Re: on the other hand....
Do you have any evidence that it is NOT mythical? You claim it is real, just not found yet.
It seems a lot of assumptions are going into that statement.

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Message 119 of 202 (298284)
03-26-2006 11:15 AM
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03-24-2006 6:11 PM


Re: on the other hand....
There is a tale of a talking Donkey in Numbers 22:22-35. In this passage, the Donkey is given the ability to talk by God himself. This animal is not a supernautral spirit, just an animal that was divinly gifted with human speech
So, you are saying that it wasn't a donkey that was talking, it was just God talking out of his ass???

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Message 130 of 202 (298842)
03-27-2006 9:04 PM
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03-27-2006 3:49 PM


Re: Why does it have to be real?
When it doesn't 'Look' like a metaphor? That is pretty highly subjective, isn't it? This is particularly true that since you are working on a translation at the very best, and perhaps going through multiple translations before reaching the text you are evalutating.

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