Was there ever an answer for the dinosaurs in the Bible?

Question

And if the answer is that we can't take Genesis literally, then why didn't God ever tell anyone(Moses, Jesus, or whoever he talked to) about them?

Ok, it mentions them twice......so, what does it say about them? Just kinda says yeah there were dinosaurs? Don't leave me hanging like that

ah I see. Tell me though, who the f is talmud and midrash? I have no clue.

And what point did that partial listing make? That just went to show me how much the bible resembles a modern day science fiction novel

ok. Tell me this then. About the fire breathing dragon that was in the bible mentioned earlier......that correlates with your salvation how? Did Jesus ride a dragon?

But they were using the bible as a source? That's ridiculous. It said the scientist just thought that the dinosaurs lived millions of years ago..... like they just sort of "made it up" without anything that suggested that to them. Denial, denial, denial. Get real.

Answer 1

The dudes who wrote the bible didn't know about the dinosaurs. Can you imagine what they would say if they saw it now? "Crap! We've been outed!"

Answer 2

Rashi, the most famous bible commentator, says that when the world was created in 7 days, it was really 7 "godly" days, each of which last eras. In other words, the view of evolution and dinosaurs walking the earth millions of years ago are completely consistent with Genesis. By the way, Rashi was considered a prophet - some believed that God actually gave him inspiration while he slept.

Both the Talmud and the Midrash disucss the existance of giant creatures that roamed the earth. There are some opinions that the giant creatures were killed after Noah's flood, and that caused the fossils to look like they were buried deeper and older then they actually are. I don't really think this makes sense though. After all, why couldn't God himself have devised the universe so that over the godly days the planets would form, and life would evolve from simple to complex and eventually reach the dinosaurs, the mammals and then us? Just because evolution appears to be the result of randomness to us doesn't mean it wasn't jumpstarted by god.

Answer 3

werd n,
It's like this:
They weren't a big part of our salvation. In fact, they had nothing to do with our salvation. They had nothing, that apparently worth mentioning, to do with our savior. There are no apparent types and shadows of them in the Old Testament. There was no known need for them to appear in Revelation. So what's the big deal?

Also, have you ever heard of the Gap Theory? The traditional way to translate Genesis 1:2 is:
Genesis 1:2 "And the earth was without form, and void;"

When it is just as valid to translate it:
"And the Earth became a waste and a desolation:"

This signifies that the Earth was around before this: "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."

There could have been a gap of time tremendously huge between the two parts of Genesis 1:2.

I believe this to be acurate, it would explain a great deal. But here's the rub; the Christians are not wanting to part from their beloved tradional translation even knowing that Hebrew words commonly mean more than one thing much like English, and the Evolutionists don't want anyone outside of the normal 'box' of Christianity, so that their all important attack upon Christianity can continue unimpeded.

Oh, well. You just can't win with people sometimes! lol

Answer 4

Leviathan has the following attributes according to Job chapter 41, Psalm 104:25,26 and Isaiah 27:1. This is only a partial listing—just enough to make the point.


“No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up.”
“Who can open the doors of his face, with his terrible teeth all around?”
“His rows of scales are his pride, shut up tightly as with a seal; one is so near another that no air can come between them; they are joined one to another, they stick together and cannot be parted.”
“His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. Out of his mouth go burning lights; sparks of fire shoot out. Smoke goes out of his nostrils, as from a boiling pot and burning rushes. His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.”
“Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail; nor does spear, dart, or javelin. He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood. The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones become like stubble to him. Darts are regarded as straw; he laughs at the threat of javelins.”
“On earth there is nothing like him, which is made without fear.”
Leviathan “played” in the “great and wide sea” (a paraphrase of Psalm 104 verses 25 and 26—get the exact sense by reading them yourself).
Leviathan is a “reptile [a] that is in the sea.” (Isaiah 27:1)
[a] Note: The word translated “reptile” here is the Hebrew word tanniyn. This shows that “Leviathan” was also a “tanniyn” (dragon).

Unlike behemoth, who is huge, Leviathan is ferocious and terrifying. Many references (we have not listed them all) refer to the sea, so Leviathan is probably a sea creature. Although some bibles refer to Leviathan as an alligator or crocodile (and both of these are fierce) neither of these is a sea creature. They like the water, but they spend much of their time on land. Further, the question “Who can open the doors of his face. . . .” implies that nobody can open Leviathan’s jaws. Although an alligator's jaws cannot normally be forced open, a punch to their sensitive snout or poke in eye might startle them enough to release their grip.[2] Although this is a good description of an alligator characteristic, it does not fit perfectly with the description of Leviathan, which in the context of the Bible was supposed to describe an essentially impossible event, and we are not done yet.

The description of the scales is interesting. Several verses describe these great scales. Compared to Leviathan’s armor, iron is like straw and arrows ca not make it flee. Let’s face it, an arrow can do a lot of damage to a crocodile or alligator. This is not a description of either of them—or any living animal we are aware of.

And now for the key ingredient: fire. It is hard to read Job 41:18-21 without realizing the Bible is telling us that Leviathan breathes fire. That alone will eliminate almost every living animal. Yes, there is one animal like that in today’s world. It is called a bombardier beetle. This beetle is a native of Central America, and has a nozzle in its hind end that acts like a little flame thrower. It sprays a high-temperature jet of gas (fueled by hydroquinones and hydrogen peroxide with oxidative enzymes) for protection. Now, if a Central American beetle can do it, so could Leviathan. By the way, crocodiles and alligators are out of the picture on this one, don’t you agree?

Answer 5

There are no dinosaurs in the Bible. Some people like to claim Bohemoth and Leviathon (and Nebuchadnezzars pet 'dragon') are dinosaurs, but there are better explanations for those in context.

Answer 6

actually biblical scriptures mention the hebrew word for dinosaur ("tzintzin") two times in the bible.

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uh, in one verse it just mentions their leathery skin, and in another G-ds majesty is compared to them, i dont remember the verse but it goes something like "O L-RD our G-d, thou art most high, thou art as great as the tzinzin (dinosaur), majestic in height"

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the talmud and midrash are ancient rabbinical commentaries on the torah (bible), they explain what the bible means, and are accepted as absolutely authoritative in jewish tradition, ie "the final word".

Answer 7

Dinosauer is a word that was invented after the bible was written in english

Answer 8

Dinny is called >>Leviathan<< in The Bible.

Answer 9

The first Dinosuar wasnt discovered until the 19th century.

So there is no reference to them at all in the bible.

If you think there is a reference in there then you need to go back to school.

Answer 10

Nope...

and if god commanded moses to take all animals on the ark, why didn't he take a few dinosaurs???