Thanks Isaac,

Do you mean other hints besides these I have mentioned?

Jonathan Mohler
On Jun 23, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Isaac Fried wrote:

> 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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