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Physiologus 40:2
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Clement of Rome, 1 Clement 25:2
Physiologus 40:2
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1 Corinthians 15:4
Physiologus 40:3
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John 10:18
Physiologus 47:1
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3 Baruch 6:5
Physiologus 47:1
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3 Baruch 6:13
Physiologus 47:1
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2 Enoch 15:2
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Summary
Date: 100-300 C.E.
The Physiologus is an anonymous Christian handbook of nature lore, written in Greek, probably at Alexandria. Each chapter describes an animal, a plant or a stone and interprets its supposed habits as an allegory of Jesus, the devil or the soul, usually starting from a verse of scripture. Translated into Latin, Syriac, Ethiopic, Armenian and other languages, it became the source of the medieval bestiaries.
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