Well, at first reading of the verse, my mind goes to volcanic activity. Are you suggesting the rift valley?
Jonathan Mohler On Jun 23, 2013, at 2:19 PM, Isaac Fried wrote: > How do you understand Job 28:5? > > כי יש לכסף מוצא ומקום לזהב יזקו > ברזל מעפר יקח ואבן יצוק נחושה > קץ שם לחשך ולכל תכלית הוא חוקר אבן אפל וצלמות > פרץ נחל מעם גר הנשכחים מני רגל דלו מאנוש נעו > ארץ ממנה יצא-לחם ותחתיה נהפך כמו אש > מקום-ספיר אבניה ועפרת זהב לו > נתיב, לא ידעו עיט ולא שזפתו עין איה > לא הדריכוהו בני שחץ לא עדה עליו שחל > בחלמיש שלח ידו הפך משרש הרים > בצורות יארים בקע וכל יקר ראתה עינו > מבכי נהרות חבש ותעלמה יצא אור > > Isaac Fried, Boston University > > On Jun 23, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Jonathan Mohler wrote: > >> 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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