[Avodah] Well, we are back to the achbor shechetsyo basar vechetsyo adama in the daf yomi

[Zev Sero]

On 31/10/2011 10:36 AM, hankman wrote:
> Does anybody have a peshat in this Mishna and gemara Chulin 126b (as well as the gemara in Sanhedrin 91a) that does not run afoul of modern scientific understanding?

The simplest explanation is that it's a hypothetical question.  Perhaps
some or all of the amoraim *thought* it was practical, or perhaps they
didn't; but just as we can discuss the case of the wives of Yechezkel's
dry bones without worrying about the machlokes whether it's a true story
or a vision, we can discuss the case of such a creature without worrying
about whether it exists.

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