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part presents an Apocalyptical view of the human race from
the beginning to the Islamic days, which the author styles
the "Messianic" times, in two symbolical parables or rather
allegories. A white bull comes out of the earth; then a
white heifer joins him they give birth to two calves: one
black, the other red; the black bull beats and chases away
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the red one; then he meets a heifer and they give birth to
several calves of black color, until the mother cow leaves
the black bull in the search the red one; and, as she does
not find him, bawls and shrieks aloud, when a red bull
appears, and they begin to propagate their species. Of
course, this transparent parable symbolizes Adam, Eve,
Cain, Abel, Sheth, etc., down to Jacob whose offspring is
represented by a "flock of sheep" - as the Chosen People
of Israel; but the offspring of his brother Esau, i.e. the
the beginning to the Islamic days, which the author styles
the "Messianic" times, in two symbolical parables or rather
allegories. A white bull comes out of the earth; then a
white heifer joins him they give birth to two calves: one
black, the other red; the black bull beats and chases away
119
the red one; then he meets a heifer and they give birth to
several calves of black color, until the mother cow leaves
the black bull in the search the red one; and, as she does
not find him, bawls and shrieks aloud, when a red bull
appears, and they begin to propagate their species. Of
course, this transparent parable symbolizes Adam, Eve,
Cain, Abel, Sheth, etc., down to Jacob whose offspring is
represented by a "flock of sheep" - as the Chosen People
of Israel; but the offspring of his brother Esau, i.e. the