Why the Bible Hates Dogs (or does it?)

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Almost every time the Bible mentions dogs, they are mentioned in a negative light. Does the Bible hate dogs?

Sources:
Sapir-Hen and Fulton, "A DOG’S LIFE IN THE IRON AGE OF THE SOUTHERN LEVANT: CONNECTING THE TEXTUAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE, "Oxford Journal of Archaeology, March 2023.

Sophia Menache, “Dogs: God's Worst Enemies?” Society and Animals 5 (1):23-44 (1997)

Sophia Menache, “Netherworld envoy or man’s best friend? Attitudes toward dogs in the ancient world.” In G. Marvin and S. Mchugh (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Human-Animal Studies (London), 132–41.

Ackerman-Lieberman and Zalashik, A Jew’s Best Friend?: The Image of the Dog throughout Jewish History, Sussex Academic Press, 2014.

Lev-Tov, Killebrew, Greenfield, Brown, “Puppy Sacrifice and Cynophagy from Early Philistine Tel Miqne-Ekron Contextualized,” Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology & Heritage Studies , Vol. 6, No. 1-2 (2018), pp. 1-30

Billie Jean Collins, “The Puppy in Hittite Ritual,” The Oriental Institute, News & Notes, No. 136 Winter 1992.

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