Biblical Tall Tales

Koch and Tiwisina (1959) reviewed 8 examples of affected persons in 2 successive generations, including 4 instances of father and 1 or more sons affected. Some reported instances of familial acromegaly may in fact be pachydermoperiostosis (167100), acromegaloid-cutis verticis gyrata-leukoma syndrome (102100), or cerebral gigantism (117550). Furthermore, familial acromegaly can be a partial expression of the multiple endocrine adenomatosis syndrome, specifically multiple endocrine neoplasia type I (MEN1; 131100). Pituitary growth hormone-secreting tumors occur also as part of McCune-Albright syndrome (174800) due to mutations in the GNAS1 gene. Levin et al. (1974) reported the cases of 2 brothers with acromegaly confirmed by elevated GH levels. Both had acanthosis nigricans and pituitary tumors. Pestell et al. (1989) described a family in which 5 members over 3 generations had isolated functional pituitary adenomas. In 4 cases this was associated with acromegaly, and in the fifth galactorrhea from prolactin excess was the presenting feature. The tumors were histologically of either atypical mixed cell or undifferentiated cell type. No parent-child transmission was observed. The 5 individuals were related as uncle and nephew or uncle and niece or as second cousins. There were no consanguineous marriages in the family. Autosomal dominant inheritance with reduced penetrance was proposed. Pestell et al. (1989) considered the disorder in this family to be distinct from MEN1. Jones et al. (1984), Abbassioun et al. (1986), and McCarthy et al. (1990) also reported cases of familial acromegaly. 30 MEDLINE Neighbors

a different kind of change

(and I really admire your jedp response on a different thread.)

You've got it right, the LXX favors 4 cubits, one of the dead sea scrolls favors 4 cubits, the other texts say 6.

So i feel that arguing for the preservation of meaning of the bible is not necessairly possible with a literal translation of the bible.

Someone floating around this forum inidcated an excellent translation of the bible, not necessairly word for word, but one that placed comprable cultural euphemisms. (i think the version was the recent Jewish society am not sure it was discussed in some prior threads on this forum)

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