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Re: [b-hebrew] red heifer

From: Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>
To: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org, biblical-studies AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] red heifer
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:48:51 -0500

At 08:44 AM 12/22/2004, you wrote:

All very intersting, but my question was, why the translators took such a
general term as "cow" and translated it as the more narrow "heifer". Did
they have any reason to think that this particular cow was special in any
way, besides its color?

Yigal

Isn't a heifer a virgin? And if so, it seems there would be significant reasons for suggesting that this special cow was even more special. Now forgive me - because I'm not a farmer- if I'm wrong about the virgin cow thing.

Jim

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[b-hebrew] red heifer, Yigal Levin, 12/22/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] red heifer, C. Stirling Bartholomew, 12/22/2004
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      - Re: [b-hebrew] red heifer, Jim West, 12/22/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] red heifer, Jack Kilmon, 12/22/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] red heifer, Juan Stam, 12/22/2004
        
        [b-hebrew] red heifer, Yigal Levin, 12/23/2004
      - Re: [b-hebrew] red heifer, Peter Kirk, 12/22/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] red heifer, MarianneLuban, 12/22/2004
- RE: [b-hebrew] red heifer, Jonathan D. Safren, 12/23/2004