Image courtesy of Doré's English Bible, public domain.
Joel Kontinen
Goliath, the giant was killed by King David in the Hebrew Bible, is described as having a jaw-dropping height.
But that number may not have been
a true physical measurement but rather a metaphor, drawn from the width of his
hometown's city wall, new research suggests. That doesn't reveal whether other
aspects of the story are true — for instance whether Goliath was a giant or
whether his mismatched battle with David took place.
However it cast
aspersions
on the Bible’s text on the Bible’s text. The Bible is true in all it says, even
on earthquakes ,
"We're not trying to make a
statement on the veracity of the story," said Jeffrey Chadwick,
Jerusalem Center Professor of Archaeology and Near Eastern Studies at Brigham
Young University, in a paper he presented at the American Schools of Oriental
Research (ASOR) virtual annual meeting on Nov 19. "The issue is the
metric," he said, "where does it come from, where might it have been
obtained?
Now, the article’s writer seems
to think that the biblical authors got Goliath's height from the width of the
north lower city wall of Gath, which happens to be 2,38 metres.
Source
Jarus , Owen. 2020. Biblical Goliath may not have been a giant. Biblical Goliath may not have been a giant. Live Science 1 December
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