Old bones cast new light on Goliath's people

[saved34]

On 7/21/2017 at 5:23 PM, HAZARD said:

I never said they did. They just prove beyond doubt that there were giants on the earth as the Bible clearly teaches.

There are giants today. There are people that are nearly 8 feet tall. I remember my dad taking me to see Andre the Giant as a child and that guy looked like a mountain. So did blackjack Mulligan. 

[coheir]

On 9/16/2019 at 3:24 PM, saved34 said:

There are giants today. There are people that are nearly 8 feet tall. I remember my dad taking me to see Andre the Giant as a child and that guy looked like a mountain. So did blackjack Mulligan. 

The only time I was able to go to the fair (12) as a child we went in a tent to see their Giant and I remember he took off his ring and could  put a 50 cent coin through it . pretty big finger.

[believeinHim]

Well, Speaking of bones, My elbow has popped 3 times in the past month or so. I am now Duck Duck Going reasons why I might be dying. Or have something severe coming up. {WebMD}ing severe symptoms to make you think you have something awful. 

[Daniel Marsh]

On 9/9/2017 at 11:38 PM, MissTury said:

The Septuagint has Goliath, at 6'6", more or less, and as I recall, a dead sea scroll had him at 4 cubits and Josephus had him at 4 cubits and a span. Not sure what any of that means (just how big were these cubits?), but his armor and implements of war, make him sound sizable.
I think surely, he was a large man, if nothing else, but perhaps no more so that Andre the Giant was, if that.
In my opinion, the pictures of skeletons and foot prints in rock, could all easlily, perhaps even likely, be fakes.
However, ayin jade's article had nothing to to with any of than, only with Philistines in general.
The only thing about Goliaththere, is in the title, because most people could care less about the Philistines, but Goliath, now he is more interesting.

A cubit back then was 18 inches thus 4.333 cubits is roughly 6 feet and 6 inches. 

[coheir]

2 hours ago, Daniel Marsh said:

A cubit back then was 18 inches thus 4.333 cubits is roughly 6 feet and 6 inches. 

I have also read a cubit is 24 inches. I don't know which is right not sure anyone does.

[Daniel Marsh]

If I remember correctly a  cubit is the distance from one's elbow to finger tip.

Somewhere, I read it was 18"

[coheir]

I have read both 18 and 24 That's why I said maybe no one knows for sure. I not set on 24 Just mentioned it.

[Daniel Marsh]

  

"Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible 

[7, page 1373] states “… archeology 

and literature suggests an average 

length for the common cubit of 

44.5 cm (17.5 in.).” This citation 

also gives a range of 42–48 cm 

(17–19 in) for the cubit. Range is 

an important parameter because it 

indicates the variation operating 

on this measure. Variation 

indicates multiple influences."
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ja

nthro/2014/489757/

[teddyv]

Not sure if there was a really standardized cubit back in the day. People were also generally shorter than today, so I'd lean toward the shorter cubit.

[Reynolds357]

On 7/21/2017 at 5:39 PM, Lucian Hodoboc said:

Did you read the article? It states that they have found no giant skeletons in the Philistines' graves so far. Goliath was a Philistine, but there's no trace of His skeleton.

I believe The Bible 100%.

With that said, was Goliath a Philistine. He "went out from the camp of the Philistine army." David called him a Philistine, but that does not necessarily mean any more than he was a member of the Philistine army. Was Goliath a Philistine or a Philistine mercenary. Both are possible. The answer does not contradict Scripture either way.