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subject	book bibliographic info
hoof splitting the	Geljon and Runia (2013), Philo of Alexandria: On Cultivation: Introduction, Translation and Commentary, 216, 217, 219, 220, 221, 222, 231, 233
hoofs, cloven	Rosenblum (2016), The Jewish Dietary Laws in the Ancient World, 14, 119, 147, 148
hoofs, front feet, neck, ears, ass, hateful to isis, ass form of lucius disappears - bristles, hide, belly, molars, tail	Griffiths (1975), The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI), 13, 235

List of validated texts:

3 validated results for "hoof"

1. Hebrew Bible, Leviticus, 11.3 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • cloven hoofs • cloven-hoofed animals • splitting the hoof

Found in books: Geljon and Runia (2013), Philo of Alexandria: On Cultivation: Introduction, Translation and Commentary, 233; Rosenblum (2016), The Jewish Dietary Laws in the Ancient World, 14; Wright (2015), The Letter of Aristeas : 'Aristeas to Philocrates' or 'On the Translation of the Law of the Jews' 278, 279

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11.3 וְהָאֲנָקָה וְהַכֹּחַ וְהַלְּטָאָה וְהַחֹמֶט וְהַתִּנְשָׁמֶת׃' ^11.3 כֹּל מַפְרֶסֶת פַּרְסָה וְשֹׁסַעַת שֶׁסַע פְּרָסֹת מַעֲלַת גֵּרָה בַּבְּהֵמָה אֹתָהּ תֹּאכֵלוּ׃ ' None

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11.3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is wholly cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.' ' None

2. Philo of Alexandria, On The Special Laws, 4.106-4.108 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • cloven hoofs • cloven-hoofed animals • splitting the hoof

Found in books: Geljon and Runia (2013), Philo of Alexandria: On Cultivation: Introduction, Translation and Commentary, 221; Rosenblum (2016), The Jewish Dietary Laws in the Ancient World, 148; Wright (2015), The Letter of Aristeas : 'Aristeas to Philocrates' or 'On the Translation of the Law of the Jews' 287

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4.106 And he gives two tests and criteria of the ten animals thus Enumerated{20}{^4.107 for as the animal which chews the cud, while it is masticating its food draws it down its throat, and then by slow degrees kneads and softens it, and then after this process again sends it down into the belly, in the same manner the man who is being instructed, having received the doctrines and speculations of wisdom in at his ears from his instructor, derives a considerable amount of learning from him, but still is not able to hold it firmly and to embrace it all at once, until he has resolved over in his mind everything which he has heard by the continued exercise of his memory (and this exercise of memory is the cement which connects idea ^4.108 But as it seems the firm conception of such ideas is of no advantage to him unless he is able to discriminate between and to distinguish which of contrary things it is right to choose and which to avoid, of which the parting of the hoof is the symbol; since the course of life is twofold, the one road leading to wickedness and the other to virtue, and since we ought to renounce the one and never to forsake the other.WHAT BEASTS ARE NOT CLEANXIX. '' None

3. Anon., Letter of Aristeas, 150-151, 153-157
Tagged with subjects: • cloven-hoofed animals • splitting the hoof

Found in books: Geljon and Runia (2013), Philo of Alexandria: On Cultivation: Introduction, Translation and Commentary, 220; Wright (2015), The Letter of Aristeas : 'Aristeas to Philocrates' or 'On the Translation of the Law of the Jews' 272, 279, 285

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150 characters should be destroyed to the same extent? Wherefore all the rules which he has laid down with regard to what is permitted in the case of these birds and other animals, he has enacted with the object of teaching us a moral lesson. For the division of the hoof and the separation of the claws are intended to teach us that we must discriminate between our individual actions with a view'¹⁵¹ to the practice of virtue. For the strength of our whole body and its activity depend upon our shoulders and limbs. Therefore he compels us to recognize that we must perform all our actions with discrimination according to the standard of righteousness - more especially because we have' "¹⁵³ mothers and even their daughters. But we have been kept separate from such sins. And the people who have been separated in the aforementioned way are also characterized by the Lawgiver as possessing the gift of memory. For all animals' which are cloven-footed and chew the cud'" '¹⁵⁴ represent to the initiated the symbol of memory. For the act of chewing the cud is nothing else than the reminiscence of life and existence. For life is wont to be sustained by means of food' "¹⁵⁵ wherefore he exhorts us in the Scripture also in these words: 'Thou shalt surely remember the Lord that wrought in thee those great and wonderful things'. For when they are properly conceived, they are manifestly great and glorious; first the construction of the body and the disposition of the" '¹⁵⁶ food and the separation of each individual limb and, far more, the organization of the senses, the operation and invisible movement of the mind, the rapidity of its particular actions and its discovery of the ¹⁵⁷ arts, display an infinite resourcefulness. Wherefore he exhorts us to remember that the aforesaid parts are kept together by the divine power with consummate skill. For he has marked out every ' None

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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