“... It is for this reason that Moses permitted domesticated and herbivorous birds, but prohibited wild and carnivorous fowl, since the latter dominate the former and unjustly find food at their expense; “and not only that, they also seize lambs and kids and outrage human beings dead or alive.” In labeling wild birds of prey “impure,” Moses binds those bound by the law to act righteously and to not exert their strength over those who depend upon them. They are to act like the gentle permitted birds and not the predatory prohibited birds. Permitted and prohibited animals are allegories for pious and impious action. Therefore, Moses uses these creatures to teach proper decorum. [...] As mentioned above, the Hebrew Bible never explicitly articulates the connection between biblically tabooed animals and animals of prey (nor does it provide a list of permitted fowl, as both the Letter of Aristeas 145 and Philo, Special Laws, 4.117 do). ...”