Creatures

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Leviathan, Behemoth, the Ziz, and the mythological creatures that inhabit the margins of Jewish cosmology.

Why the Raven Mates Through Its Mouth

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The raven has a terrible reputation in Jewish tradition. Thief. Scoundrel. Untrustworthy. And according to the Alphabet of Ben Sira, a medieval text composed between 700 and 1000 C...

How the Fox Outsmarted the Angel of Death

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This is one of the greatest trickster stories in all of Jewish literature. According to the Alphabet of Ben Sira, composed between 700 and 1000 CE, every land animal has a correspo...