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Urban Legends of the Old Testament: 40 Common Misconceptions is unavailable, but you can change that!

Urban Legends of the Old Testament surveys forty of the most commonly misinterpreted passages in the Old Testament. These “urban legends” often arise because interpreters neglect a passage’s context, misuse historical background information, or misunderstand the original language of the text. With a pastoral tone and helpful explanations of where the error originally occurred, authors David A....

has suggested that clean animals were those that in their particular spheres (land, air, and water) represented what was whole.8 Clean animals conformed to the norm for the various spheres in their characteristics and forms of motion. Cud-chewing animals with hooves were the norm for land animals, and fish with fins and scales were the norm for water creatures. This symbolism taught Israel that the Lord was the source of life and wholeness and that they were to reflect his perfection as his people
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