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[Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>]

Thge only problem with this eqation suggested by Izzy Cohen is that  Arish is 
spelled with an Ayin, whereas eres with an Aleph.
 
Your vignettes  about Beduin children are charming.
 
Best, uri


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Subject: [b-hebrew] Castor bean plant
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This seems to be the same as the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis or =
Palma
Christi, which according to Jerome and many modern interpreters is the
QIQAYON of Jonah 4 cf. Egyptian kiki, "Assyrian" kukanitu (from "Fauna =
and
Flora of the Bible", published by UBS). But again the toxin takes 1-12 =
hours
to act.

Peter Kirk
peter.r.kirk AT ntlworld.com
http://web.onetel.net.uk/~peterkirk/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-
> bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Cohen, Izzy
> Sent: 02 June 2003 17:17
> To: mattfeld12 AT charter.net; b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [b-hebrew] quail, miracle of the (Nu 11:31-35, 33:16, =
17;Psalm
> 78:26-31)
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> Walter R. Mattfeld --
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> The symptoms you described at
> http://www.bibleorigins.net/ExodusQuailmiracleKibrothhattaav.html
> are quite similar to those associated with ricin poisoning
> (from the castor bean). For details, see
> http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/toxicagents/ricin/ricin.html
> http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/healthtips/BCD/Ricin.htm
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> The castor bean plant *does* grow in the Negev and Sinai.
> I've seen it there. Perhaps these quail are immune to this
> toxin? That is, the quantity they can absorb without ill
> effect is more than enough to poison humans who eat them.
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> If this be true, some one should be investigating how/why
> these quail are (relatively) immune to ricin, a potential
> WMD (weapon of mass destruction).
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> [Ricin may be related to Talmudic aleph-resh-samekh ?eReS
>  =3D poison. Compare arsenic ~ Syriac zarniqa =3D arsenic.]
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