Looking at the symbolism of the purity laws in the Old Testament. The purity laws in the Bible are not only rules to regulate behavior but are an image of the Cosmos and how we engage with the world.

More resources:

- Ox and Ass in iconography:  https://www.orthodoxartsjournal.org/why-an-ass-and-an-ox-in-the-nativity-icon/

- On the Right and Left hands of Christ, see my series starting with this article:  https://www.orthodoxartsjournal.org/mercy-on-the-right-rigor-on-the-left/

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