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From: riain@zion.org.il
Err, in fact the David and Goliath story is folklore.
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Riain Barton/ריעין ברתון wrote:
> Try I Samuel, 17:50
>
> 17:50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a
> stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword
in
> the hand of David.
>
> And since this post has been snipped and is from JUNE 2004, don't
expect
> to remember the details of what the thread was discussing!
>
>
So, if David picked up 5 stones and slew Goliath with one of them,
it is no lie or untruth in any way to say that he picked up a stone and
slew him. I don't see why Mr. Dalton has such a problem with that.
It's no worse than having a fully loaded revolver and firing once and
killing the target. The point isn't that the gun was fully loaded but
that it took only one shot with which to kill. David was a good shot
AND he wasn't so stupid as to think he was perfect. Besides, it was
probably a hard thing to do, wasn't Goliath David's second cousin?
David's great-grandmother, Ruth, and Goliath's great-grandmother,
Orpah, were sisters, I thought. It's not such an easy thing killing a
relative, I would think.
>
> "Keith Herron" wrote in message
> news:vLidnS0aa_ud0PbfRVn-1A@rogers.com...
> : Hi David,
> :
> : I've checked the New English, Revised Standard, New Century, New
> : International, New American Standard (Updated), New Living and King
> James
> : translations of 1 Sam 17.40 and they all read 5 stones.
> :
> : Which reference and translation do you suggest is quoted as only
one
> : stone?
> :
> : Keith
> :
> : On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 02:03:37 GMT, "Riain Barton"
> : wrote:
> :
> : >Because there are different translations of the "Old Testament".
And
> : there
> : >is not just one Christian "Old Testament".
> :
> : So which versions of the Christian Old Testament do you know of
> : that have five stones mentioned in the story of David and Goliath,
> : as in the Jewish version, rather than just one stone? And do
> : you think it just accidental mistranslation or a deliberate editing
> : to remove the reference to the number five (which is associated
> : with Solomon and also the Pentateuch, right, and also shows
> : up in the New Testament in the tale involving five loaves of
> : bread).
> :
> : Thanks,
> : David
> :
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