02:2302:23, 26 November 2011diffhist+649
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addn footnote: addn info on word "taisse" as apparently mistaken reading of Rashi original word "taisatz", according to cited source "Sacred Monsters"
01:2601:26, 26 November 2011diffhist+24 m
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repaired external link to go to beginning of article "10 of the Biggest Animals..." instead of end.
12:1312:13, 25 November 2011diffhist+264
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addn footnote info: link to Wikipedia article "Relict" and article at Mother Nature Network.com "10 of the biggest animals to roam the planet" (photos included
04:5404:54, 25 November 2011diffhist+575
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Hebrew characters (overlooked), Modern Hebrew for dugong with footnote source, some minor syntax edits, added Rashi's commentary Ex 35:23 to intro
23:3423:34, 22 November 2011diffhist+5 m
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typo "Nathan" instead of correct "Natan", repaired typo URL address (omitted " = "), and a minor rewrite of one phrase (parallel constr.)
22:5922:59, 22 November 2011diffhist+302
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current section headings made subheadings under a new general section heading "The question of unclean tachash skins"—with added subhead "Question of relevance" over existing text re conclusion of poss. irrelevance of the whole question
08:0908:09, 22 November 2011diffhist+261
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moderate expansion of intro lead based on solidly-based recommendations by number of editors, keeping WP:NPOV and abbreviated historical chronological order presented in the body of article
05:0805:08, 22 November 2011diffhist+212 m
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rm hyphen beginning intro, replaced "moot" with "irrelevant", improved sentence construction rewrite for clarity, and added the part of chap. ref. unintentionally omitted (Lev.)"8- " along with intended link for comparison Ex. 19-31
02:4002:40, 21 November 2011diffhist+279
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→Interpretations: useful size comparison with largest land mammals ever known, with links to Wiki articles on 3 largest for measurements comparison.—a kind of "final touch" for the article, for reader comprehension
20:5820:58, 20 November 2011diffhist+3,901
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early rabbinical proposals for unclean tachash added, name and date (completes listing) per info in Slifkin's "Sacred Monsters" (citations already provided in article's preceding paragraph footnote), some addn minor improvements, relevant citations
07:0507:05, 20 November 2011diffhist+24 m
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linked "Rabbinical tradition" to Wiki article "Rabbinic literature" for explanation of term for reader
06:0106:01, 20 November 2011diffhist+22 m
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revised link "blue-processed skins" to much more pertinent Wiki article section "Leather production processes: Crusting" (includes coloring)
05:4905:49, 20 November 2011diffhist+48 m
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→Interpretations: associated image of indigo dye sample with paragraph of interpretations "blue, purple, glory, violet", joined separated statements as one paragraph, added dates of Septuagint, Josephus
03:0803:08, 20 November 2011diffhist+297 m
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according to the sources cited here in the article, tachash is a kind of "skin or leather"—the lead should express both, the explanation follows in the body of the article
19 November 2011
23:4223:42, 19 November 2011diffhist+1,256
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Undid revision 461444117 by Debresser (talk) revision of good faith edit, problem of title and first sentence wording, put citations of Bible texts in footnote away from body of lead
08:3608:36, 19 November 2011diffhist−4 m
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Library of Congress Catalogue Number 1997-140867 (obtained from citation at Wiki "Ancient Egypt") updated to new format as 97-140867 per LCCN site-requisite
08:0308:03, 19 November 2011diffhist+2,780
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addn hypothesis, not OR (citation in footnote linked), re antelope tachash, and identifying the suggestion/hypothesis of Israelite domestice herds of antelope as mere conjecture with no real proof one way of the other ("could be", maybe, who knows?