Has any Catholic scholar fully explained the deeper meaning of the allegory of eagle in Deut 32: 11-12?
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We read in Deut 32:11-12 (NRSVCE):
>As an eagle stirs up its nest,
and hovers over its young;
as it spreads its wings, takes them up,
and bears them aloft on its pinions,
the Lord alone guided him;
no foreign god was with him.
The allegory of the eagle and how it rears its young, gives a picturesque presentation, on how the Lord cares for his people. I have heard it said that a particular kind of eagle which builds its nest on mountain-cliffs, does the base-work with thorny bushes, over which a soft layer of feathers is laid. When the chicks hatch, they have a smooth bed to sit on; but when they grow up and refuse to leave the comfort of the nest, the parent eagle stirs up the nest so that the thorny base is exposed which makes it impossible for the the chicks to stay put. There is more to the way the eagle trains its young to fly high.
My question is: **Has any Catholic scholar fully explained the deeper meaning of the allegory of eagle in Deut 32: 11-12?**
Asked by Kadalikatt Joseph Sibichan
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May 20, 2022, 05:12 AM
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