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Biblical Realia – Topic List

Daily Life

• Life in the Wilderness
• Birthing Stones
• Swords: "לְפִי חָרֶב" vs. "חָרֶב... שְׁנֵי פֵיוֹת"

Fauna

• עָרֹב – Beasts or Bugs
• צפרדעים – Frogs or Crocs
• שְׂלָו – Fish or Fowl
• תנין – Serpent or Sea Monster
• Signs of Kosher Animals
• Non Kosher Animals
• Signs of Kosher Fish
• Non Kosher Birds

Flora

• The Four Species
• וְהָיָה כְּעַרְעָר בָּעֲרָבָה
• חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשָּׁרוֹן
• שׁוֹשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִים
• רֹתֶם

Geography

• Goshen
• Midyan
• Mt. Sinai
• Location of David's Tomb
• Location of Kever Rachel

Geology

• Stones of the Choshen

Mishkan and Mikdash

• Mishkan
• Ark
• Shulchan
• Menorah
• Stones of the Choshen
• Mikdash Shelomo

Sacrificial System

• Sacrifices
• Seder Avodat Yom HaKippurim

Ancient Near East

• Ancient Near East Homepage