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Nighttrain
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Message 70 of 352 (134217)
08-16-2004 12:07 AM
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08-15-2004 6:52 PM


Ha,ha, my 'jawbone' is bigger than your 'jawbone,'
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Message 85 of 352 (135135)
08-19-2004 12:46 AM


A lot of these tales seem to recycle, so if we see 'More Unsolved Mysteries' or the ilk appearing, we are sure to find old favourites. I did a quick Google on gigantism (giantism) and much seems to remain a mystery. However, it doesn`t appear to be common or genetic, so we wouldn`t expect to find a tribe of giants. Now, little people are another story. :-P
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http://www.mdtext.com/...trics/pediatrics1b/pediatrics1b.htm
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Message 116 of 352 (143483)
09-20-2004 8:37 PM


I thought the 'Wahabi-Evolutionist axis of lies'was the best line of all.

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Message 186 of 352 (332316)
07-16-2006 7:28 PM


Dating the books of the OT
Pity Spin and Arach never continued this thread as it was on the way to becoming quite interesting. We tend to accept dates generally without exploring whether they fit into the scheme of things. Arach,(or Spin if he is around),care to date the Emendations of the Sopherim?

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Message 188 of 352 (332340)
07-16-2006 8:39 PM
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07-16-2006 7:34 PM


Re: Dating the books of the OT
(Testing the admins` patience a little further )
The Massorites were a group of Jewish scholars who copied and handed down the text of the Hebrew Scriptures. However, they themselves did not make the alterations to the text, rather they merely passed on what had been handed down to them by the Sopherim (Soph-ehr-eem Scribes). E. W. Bullinger, in Appendix #30, p. 31, of The Companion Bible, makes the following observation about the relationship between the Sopherim and the Massorites.
"The Text itself had been fixed before the Massorites were put in charge of it. This had been the work of the Sopherim (from saphar, to count, or number). Their work, under Ezra and Nehemiah, was to set the Text in order after the return from Babylon; and we read of it in Neh. 8.8 (cp. Ezra 7.6,11). The men of ”the Great Synagogue’ completed the work. This work lasted about 110 years, from Nehemiah to Simon the first, 410-300 B.C.
"The Sopherim were the authorized revisers of the Sacred Text; and, their work being completed, the Massorites were the authorized custodians of it. Their work was to preserve it. The Massorah is called ”A Fence to the Scriptures,’ because it locked all words and letters in their places. ..."
from http://www.geocities.com/Hebrew_Roots/html/hr-2-3-02.html
Most sites I`ve visited tend to date the Emendations to post-Ezra.

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Message 237 of 352 (494039)
01-13-2009 1:24 AM


Built in proportion
Minor digression
When the Windies cricket team were touring Australia, someone asked their 'giant' fast bowler, Joel Garner, if it was true that their tall men were 'hung' in proportion.Joel mulled it over for bit and said' Nah, that`s not true, because I`d have to be eight feet, six inches,'

  
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