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Ennius
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Next are the plagues of wild beasts, murrain, boils, and hail BL Add 27210; the 'Golden Haggadah'; Spain, N. E.; 14th century; ff. 12v-13r
Interesting exegetical & iconographical divergence caused by the understanding of the Hebrew word 'arov'. The Rabbinic tradition understood the word to refer to wild beasts whereas the Christian Latin tradition followed the Vulgate translation 'omne genus muscarum', flies.
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Ennius
@enniusredloeb.bsky.social
Independent scholar: reaearch interests in hermeneutics, textual criticism, and the classical tradition; aurum in stercore
731 followers214 following1.3k posts