The Birds of the BibleJazzybee Verlag, 2017 M02 6 - 308 páginas Gene Stratton-Porter, the Indiana novelist and bird lover, offers the fruits of several years' loving labor in "Birds of the Bible”, a handsome volume. The riches of bird lore that Mrs. Porter has unearthed will surprise anyone who opens the book. "Birds of the Bible " is designed for all lovers of birds in general, and lovers of Bible birds and Bible poetry in particular. It contains every reference made to birds in the Bible: describes the location, and explains the characteristics of the bird. In this book, the author, one of the most successful writers of her days, both as a naturalist and a novelist, has made her greatest effort to do something worth while for the world, having given three years to the preparation of the text. |
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... wild beasts of the field are mine." It was David who, in writing of the goodness of the Almighty to the Israelites, recorded that He rained flesh upon them also as dust, And feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea." Birds were so ...
... wild. Those methods really seem more humane. Sometimes a struggling bird could break a snare or a net; a gun is usually fatal. I think the very frequent mention of this custom of taking birds in the Bible is due to the fact that there ...
... wild pigeon or quail, sewing its eyelids together, and binding it in a good location for birds, so that its fluttering and cries would lure large numbers to their death through curiosity. The birds of the Bible are constantly written of ...
... wild life they lived, they came in for the greatest share of superstition, mystery, and fabrication. In fact, the portion devoted to birds is so remarkable in its surprises that it is a neverending source of delight to the birdlover. He ...
... wild asses quench their thirst. By them the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, They sing among the branches." There were cold mountain rivulets, dashing through rocky gorges; peaceful rivers crossing the plains and valleys; the ...