Later authorities compare Samuel b. David ha-Levi on Yoreh De'ah, 85 forbid its use entirely. Very rigorous are the rules set down by the Rabbis concerning the eating of "creeping things which crawl upon the ground" Lev. According to the Rabbis only such "worms" are permitted for food as do not live in an isolated condition, but are found only in other substances; for instance, the maggots in meat, fruit, fish, drinkingwater, etc.
There was much speculation as to the reasons why certain species of animals should be allowed as food and others forbidden. In the Letter of Aristeas lines it is explained at length that "these laws have been given for justice' sake to awake pious thoughts and to form the character. The marks which distinguish the clean animal are allegorically explained, as shown in the following instance: To have two feet and split hoofs signifies that all actions shall be taken with consideration of the right and wrong compare Allegorical Interpretation.
The martyr Eleazar, in IV Macc. The prolix allegories of Philo concerning the clean and unclean animals compare "De Agricultura Noe," xxv. In Talmudic-Midrashic literature no attempt is made to bring these laws nearer to human understanding.
Buber, Shemini, iii. Beginning with Saadia, the Jewish commentators started to explain the Biblical laws either rationalistically or mystically. It is remarkable that Saadia's theory bears great resemblance to the modern theory of totemism. Slucki, p. Ibn Ezra is of the opinion that the flesh of unclean animals has been forbidden because it is impure and obnoxious, and the substance swallowed and digested goes into the flesh and blood of those who have eaten it commentary to Lev.
Maimonides "Moreh Nebukim," iii. Similar is the opinion of the great French exegete Samuel b. The clean, he argues, get nearer the surface of the water, and therefore possess a degree of heat which drives away too much humidity; while the fishes without fins and scales, which stay in the deep water, and especially those in swampy water, possess a degree of cold and humidity which acts mortally.
It is different with the birds, which, with exception of the "peres" and "'ozniyyah," two species of eagles, are all birds of prey, the black and thick blood of which causes a marked inclination to cruelty. Jellinek, p. Asher on Lev. He adds the new explanation that this law is merely an expansion of the rules of the cult of sacrifice, so that many animals which can not be used for sacrifice shall not be eaten idem , d.
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Over at Cranach, my former literature professor Gene Veith has some thoughtful God's Small But Pervasive Voice. I think you'll What Are Your Thoughts? For more on this, go here. Skip to content Q: What is the difference between clean and unclean animals? By: Steve Shirley. He later lists such "creeping things" as moles, mice and lizards as unfit to eat Leviticus Leviticus [29] These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind, [30] And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
He tells us that salt and freshwater fish with fins and scales may be eaten Leviticus Leviticus [9] These shall you eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall you eat. God also lists birds and other flying creatures that are unclean for consumption Leviticus Leviticus [13] And these are they which you shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, [14] And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; [15] Every raven after his kind; [16] And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, [17] And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, [18] And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, [19] And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
He identifies carrion eaters and birds of prey as unclean, plus ostriches, storks, herons and bats. Birds such as chickens, turkeys and pheasants are not on the unclean list and therefore can be eaten. Insects, with the exception of locusts, crickets and grasshoppers, are listed as unclean Leviticus Leviticus [20] All fowls that creep, going on all four, shall be an abomination to you.
Why does God identify some animals as suitable for human consumption and others as unsuitable? God didn't give laws to arbitrarily assert control over people.
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