From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   SolomonW wrote:   
      
   > I doubt whether people of that period could collect enough grain to fill   
   > it,   
      
   Why?   
      
   I'm having a lot of trouble finding dimensions, let alone volume, but   
   tradition has always said that even the Great Pyramids of Egypt aren't   
   too large for a granary!   
      
   These were not a settled people. They migrated with the seasons. It's   
   very likely that they were accumulating grain every year, as the previous   
   harvest wasn't exhausted.   
      
   Remember:  It lasted years!   
      
   Why invest in Temples?  They didn't live there  as far as any of us know.   
   But  the place was blanketed with wild grains! As I said, one man might   
   collect enough to feed his entire family for a year, after only a few weeks   
   of work. They were collecting WAY more grain than they could possibly   
   use, and they couldn't lug it around somewhere... granaries!   
      
   The gods would only be needed to watch over and protect their grain,   
   as well as ensure a great harvest.   
      
   > plus if they did, I doubt they would store it in a public place.   
      
   Who said it was public?   
      
   The population was sparse, to say the least. A Documentary series   
   I recommended not too long ago estimated that the entire population   
   of the Levant was maybe as high as 2k people. And I don't mean   
   israel or Judea I mean the Levant -- the whole thing.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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