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Chol as Phoenix[edit]

What the 'chol' was is disputed and we cannot present one interpretation as fact. See R. Van den Broek's book [1] where he says "We are therefore of the opinion that the rabbinical interpretation of Job xxix.18 proves only that the rabbinical world knew the Classical phoenix myth and that there is no evidence whatever to support the view that in this text the word hoi must be translated as phoenix. This is the reason why Job xxix.18 will not be referred to again in this book." Dougweller (talk) 09:30, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Editted to add: Links of interest: http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2963/jewish/The-Phoenix.htm

http://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/3475434/jewish/Is-the-Phoenix-a-Real-Bird.htm --73.205.247.53 (talk) 01:44, 4 November 2016 (UTC)Dev.S. 11/3/2016[reply]

On the Rewrite[edit]

I've mostly rewritten the article. Initially, I just wanted to restructure some of it to make some things clearer -- the meaning of some footnotes, the fact that this article is only concerned with the chol of Job 29:18 and not the uncontroversial chol (sand) of the rest of the Bible. Then I added some scholarly references, using them to replace some uncited stuff. Let me know what you think, and feel free to make additional improvements. Alephb (talk) 04:07, 9 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]