Inventions and Devises of Man: Usury and Hybridity in the Early Modern Period.
Anah, one of the sons of Zibeon, makes only a brief appearance in the Bible: in Genesis 36:24, we are told that he " found mules in the wilderness." Midrashic commentary had interpreted this reference to Anah's discovery of mules to mean that he deliberately bred them, thus making him the first man...
| Publicado en: | Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 51 - 73 |
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