);aspis(Romans3:13));Anypoisonoussnake,orevenpoisonoussnakesingeneral,wouldsatisfythecontextinallthepassagescited.PethenisalsotranslatedADDER(whichsee)inPsalm58:4;Psalm91:13.MostauthorshavesupposedtheEgyptiancobra(Naiahaje,L.)tobethesnakemeant,butwhilethisiswidelydistributedthroughoutAfrica,itsoccurrenceinSouthernPalestineseemstorestsolelyontheauthorityofCanonTristram,whodidnotc...