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(Jewish) Book of Giants

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Van, Arkansas, USA:
Goliath was 4 cubics and a span, that is 6 ft 6 inches,, cubic equals 18 inches a span is the length between thumb and little tip of little finger.  The average man at that time was 5 feet to 5 feet 3 inches tall.
I?m impress by your Biblical knowledge Mr. Bush, very impressed.  To know the Bible is a good thing.
Blessings

little john:

--- Quote from: Van, Arkansas, USA on May 12, 2018, 11:36:59 pm ---To know the Bible is a good thing.
--- End quote ---

To know the events which came a few centuries later, and which forged the book you refer to - Constantine - the Battle of Milvian Bridge - the Council of Nicea etc - is even better (imo).  For they explain much about the military origins of Pauline Christianity and how it was catapulted from being the belief system of a relatively minor (but very troublesome, from the Roman's point-of-view) messianic cult into a dominant world religion.
LJ

Groundhawg:
Goliath's stature as described in various ancient manuscripts varies: the oldest manuscripts, the Dead Sea Scrolls text of Samuel, the 1st-century historian Josephus, and the 4th-century Septuagint manuscripts, all give his height as "four cubits and a span" (6 feet 9 inches or 2.06 metres), whereas the Masoretic Text gives this as "six cubits and a span" (9 feet 9 inches or 2.97 metres).[8][9] Large numbers of scholars believe that the "taller" reading is based on an exaggeration, and that the "shorter" reading is original, although some disagree.[

Ben Framed:
Wow!  ''(9 feet 9 inches or 2.97 metres).''  Would certainly qualify for a giant in that time or this, would it not?

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