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In Jewish tradition, the Hebrew terms chol (Hebr. חול , "phoenix", lit. "sand") and avarshina (Hebr. אורשינה "phoenix") refer to a supernatural bird, often glossed as, or identified with, the phoenix from Greek mythology. According to Natan Slifkin, ''chol'' may have simply been a noun meaning 'sand' and, due to the context of its employment, was subsequently misidentified with the phoenix of Greek mythology. The understanding of ''chol'' as a Phoenix-like bird has resulted in an amount of discourse on the topic.〔Slifkin (2007:235-238).〕 ==In the Jewish Bible== In the book of Iyov of the Jewish Bible, the "chol" (Hebr. חול ) is mentioned as a bird of long life - as a metaphor, not as an attestation: It may however be noted that Job 29:18 may be translated as "I thought, 'I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand."〔http://biblehub.com/job/29-18.htm〕 Rashi comments, that on the bird called ''chol'' (Hebr. חול ), no punishment of death was decreed because it did not taste of the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil. At the end of one thousand years, it would renew itself and return to its youth.〔Rashi commentary to Iyov 29:18 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chol (bible)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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