2006-12-04 15:36:34 · 19 answers · asked by Whatever 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No. It does not. People of biblical times had absolutely no knowledge of the existence of dinosaurs, let alone their feeding habits. On the few occasions when a dinosaur bone was found, it was attributed to an extinct race of giant humans, not giant reptiles. The Bible does describe the hippopotamus ("behemoth") and the crocodile ("leviathan"), two animals the people of the time were quite familiar with. Unfortunately, some people with overactive imaginations and sparse biblical knowledge interpret these passages as references to dinosaurs.
2006-12-04 16:12:17 · answer #1 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is a hard question to answer, primarily because of the difficulty in translating ancient texts. How would you describe an ipod to someone 4000 years ago?
Having said that much, the Bible identifies to unidentified beasts. The first is the Chaos monster in Geneis which must be slain before Humankind can subdue the earth. The account is built upon an earlier work, The Gilgamesh Epic, from Ur of the Chaldees - where Abraham lived for decades.
The second is Leviathan in Job. Is this an crocodile, hippopotomus, or given the setting, something far more terrifying?
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2006-12-04 23:45:05 · answer #2 · answered by Joe Cool 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe the Bible mentions aardvarks, either. But then the instructions IN the Bible were not meant for aardvarks or dinosaurs, so perhaps it's not important that they're not mentioned. Maybe what you're looking for is a nice set of encyclopedias.
2006-12-04 23:40:29 · answer #3 · answered by Hate Boy! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It mentioned giants lived in the Earth, whatever that means.
By the way, are there any CAVE drawing of T-Rex?
I don't recall Altamara paintings showing teradactals.
Oh an what SKIN color was Cro Magnon. Blacks, Mexicans, Asains and Native American Indians are dying to find out what science say the color of FIRST MAN skins was!
2006-12-04 23:54:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible does not mention marsupials or microorganisms either.
Dinosaurs is a modern word. The Bible does mentions beasts, leviathans, and other sorts of animals we do not know for sure what they were.
2006-12-04 23:46:07 · answer #5 · answered by veggie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not specifically. But it talks about beasts with similar characteristics as Dinosaurs.
2006-12-04 23:39:40 · answer #6 · answered by pleiades423 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it does. But the word "dinosaur" wasn't pinned about 1845.
2006-12-04 23:42:52 · answer #7 · answered by tsc1976ers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the behemoth, dragon and unicorn are all mentioned in the bible, but not the dinosaurs.
2006-12-04 23:46:39 · answer #8 · answered by Hannah's Grandpa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but the were just animals not "dinosaurs."
2006-12-04 23:41:52 · answer #9 · answered by superstes88 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
40:15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
40:16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
40:17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
40:18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
Yes it does.
2006-12-04 23:43:28 · answer #10 · answered by Royal Racer Hell=Grave © 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋