De Agricultura

Philo Judaeus

The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.

Do you not see that the law pronounces the camel to be an unclean beast, because it chews the cud and does not part the hoof. [*](Leviticus xi. 4. ) And yet, if we considered this sentence [*](Genesis iv. 7. ) [*](Leviticus xi. 4. )

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as it is expressed in its literal sense, I do not see what reason there is in it when it is interpreted; but if we look at it in its allegorical meaning, it is very clear and inevitable.