Commentary Par XIX 1

The image of the Eagle, with its open wings, suggests, to Baranski (Bara.1995.4), p. 277, a passage from the Bible (Deuteronomy 32:11), 'expandit alas suas' (spreading out its wings), in the song about himself that Moses intones near the end of his life, in which he is presented as an eagle taking his chicks upon his back for an exodal ride.  (Scartazzini cited that passage, but at DDP Scartazzini.Purg.IX.30.)