"A wheat may change into a zunin and a male hyena into a bat": Transformation of Plants and Animals in the Literature of the Jewish Sages

Autores

  • Abraham Ofir Shemesh Ariel University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17851/1982-3053.11.20.2-13

Palavras-chave:

Talmude, Literatura Greco-Romana, Animais e plantas

Resumo

Uma importante teoria talmúdica afirma que tanto os animais quanto as plantas podem mudar, seja no processo de desenvolvimento do embrião ou durante a vida do organismo. Este artigo analisa o conceito de transformação. Essa visão estava enraizada na literatura greco-romana e os sábios judeus deram sua visão do mundo clássico com o qual estavam familiarizados.

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Biografia do Autor

  • Abraham Ofir Shemesh, Ariel University

    Senior Lecturer at the Israel Heritage Department of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities  at Ariel University.

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2017-06-07

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"A wheat may change into a zunin and a male hyena into a bat": Transformation of Plants and Animals in the Literature of the Jewish Sages. (2017). Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital De Estudos Judaicos Da UFMG, 11(20), 2-13. https://doi.org/10.17851/1982-3053.11.20.2-13