I see hints in the story of Job that it takes place in East Africa,
lending support to the termite theory (kudos to the other math
professor.)
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Jun 23, 2013, at 12:01 AM, Jonathan Mohler wrote:
To me the circumstantial evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of a
termite.
1)in v.19 the subject is a Mud House:
-anyone one who has live around mud houses knows that termites
devour the inside wood of the structure inside about three years.
2)in v.20 "Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces" and
- mud houses often collapse in the middle of the night on
unsuspecting victims. a common occurrence even today.
- v.21 "Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them" parallels
the imagery of a collapsing mud house.
3) the termites' bite is like fire, thus the probable origin of the
name.
Jonathan Mohler
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