Posted: Feb 13, 2012 10:04 am
archibald wrote:Cito di Pense wrote:If one mention in the works of the redoubtable Josephus suffices, and the sandals fit, somebody has to wear them. Now, give us two mentions (TWO! Count 'em!) in the works of the redoubtable Josephus, and we are off to the races.
Josephus also tells a story of how a cow gave birth to a lamb in a temple, but that lamb is only mentioned once, in which case the story may not be reliable, as you say.
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Everywhere they read 'lamb', I tend to read 'kid'. When they're recently-birthed it is just so hard to tell. Anyway, they didn't have a taxonomy precise enough at the time to tell the sheep from the goats.
God gave names to all the animals.... sing with me.