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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1973
Page
14
A summary of early domestication in the Holy Land noting the biblical quartet oxen ass camel and sheep. Oxen were valued for heavy farm work while donkeys provided economical transport. goats and sheep form a related subfamily within Bovidae and feature distinguishing horns and beards.
The article traces three ancient sheep lineages in Syria and Palestine linked to Asia’s wild flocks. It links Asiatic mouffler, Egyptian long-tailed, and Kurdistan-origin sheep to biblical imagery and notes goats as vital in biblical livelihoods, with goatskin water bags and wool sources.
In a 1973 Tripoli Leader note the article explains Christ's parable of the final judgment with goats as wicked and sheep as gentle. It describes the scapegoat ritual where a goat is chosen by lot and released to die to redeem others.
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