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 >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> b-hebrew mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew >
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