Posted by Nadezda on November 23, 2008, at 19:11:45
In reply to Re: Same-Sex Marriage Triggers Threats, posted by Sigismund on November 23, 2008, at 18:16:01
If you put "leviticus" and "gryphons" into the search box, you'll come up with a bunch of answers.
Apparently, according to one:
"The eleventh chapter of Leviticus begins: "And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth."
There follows a long list of animals that the Israelites can eat, plus a list of creatures "Of their flesh shall ye not eat." Eventually we reach the bird kingdom:
11:13-14: "And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the osprey, And the vulture, and the kite after his kind. . ."
Several lines on we reach (11:20): "All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you." "Fowl" obviously includes all birds, but how many birds go upon all fours? The most famous four-legged "avian" I know is -- a gryphon!"
hmmmmmmmm.
but is there any such thing as a gryphon? Can you not eat a mythical being?
Nadezda
poster:Nadezda
thread:864102
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20081115/msgs/864927.html