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Dead Sea Gazelle |
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Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for
in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. Isaiah 35:6
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The gazelle and all its cousins are so prominent in the Land of
the Bible that she herself is often called the "Land of the
Gazelle". Praised in the Book for their extraordinary grace and
beauty, these "ungulates" (split-hooved mammals) are declared
"clean" by the Lord for sacrifice and food. Though they were
rarely used for the former, they did often appear at the elaborate
feasts of King Solomon's household.
The ibex, hyrax, (Persian) fallow deer, hart, hind, roebuck, and
gazelle (the many names by which the Bible calls this hooved
clan) have never disappeared completely from the Holy Land,
though some were seriously endangered during the last century.
They have always been of great significance to the religious life
of Jews both in the Bible and in modern times: they are the
ancient symbol of the tribe of Naphtali and their skins the
traditional source of parchment upon which precious Torah
scrolls are written. Though they are to be found today in all of
the varying terrains of Israel, from the green forests of the north
to the Negev desert in the south, they are most frequently seen
by travelers atop the sandy cliffs along the Dead Sea. . . where
ours seems to have somehow fallen in.
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$14.95 |
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