Identifying the Ancient Shibuta Fish |
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| Authors: | Ari Z Zivotofsky Zohar Amar |
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| Institution: | (1) The Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel;(2) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archeology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel |
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| Abstract: | Synopsis The Talmud, a massive Jewish work completed in Persia approximately 1500 years ago, contains references to a fish named the
shibuta. Various previous attempts to identify it over the last several centuries took place in lands other than Iraq and consequently
the true identity seems to have escaped those Jewish scholars. In this paper we summarize the previous work and present evidence
to support the identification of the talmudic shibuta with Barbus grypus. |
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| Keywords: | Talmud shabut Tigris Babylonian Barbus grypus |
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