A Natural History of Biblical Lands (1)

Marvels of Creation | by The Lampstand Magazine | Volume 24, Issue 4 | July – August 2018

There is a species of animal mentioned once in the Scriptures as the “pygarg.” The Hebrew name is “dishon” which the Jewish Bible leaves untranslated, whilst the Septuagint translates it by “pugargos”, or pygarg. The Greek word means “white-crouped” whilst the Hebrew word conveys the...