one thing I dont understand if referances to creatures called behemoths in Job are proof that their were dinosuaurs in Biblical times then stories of fire breathing dragons are proof that they existed durring the Middle Ages in England right?
2006-12-09 13:07:54 · 17 answers · asked by Gamla Joe 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
also Tanniyn and Leviathan have been found refreanced in early Semitic languages like Ugaritic that existed before Israel. These creatures were the gods of the sea and seen as evil compared to the sky god Baal. This message has transfered over to the Bible. Remember the Bible was a Semitic work written in a Semitic culture. It should be taken as such
2006-12-09 13:13:09 · update #1
They're all fairy tales.
2006-12-09 13:09:10 · answer #1 · answered by S K 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_perspectives_on_dinosaurs
This should explain.
From my best understanding the Behemoth were possibly Hippos and Rhinos. Leviathan was a giant serpent or a Nile Crocodile.
Unicorn is used 7 times or so in the King James Version, since they still thought they may exist in Africa back then. The word should be Ox. They changed it like they did so many things.
Careful analysis of the creation story reveals a strong arguement for evolution. God could have made the world in a snap of his fingers, but ancient Hebrews saw that it was a process and that simpler life proceeded more complex life.
2006-12-09 13:09:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Keep in mind that the bible is a compilation of stories and lessons to be learned. Don't take them in a purely literal context. Those ''behemoths'' refered to in Job, as well as the ''fire breathing dragons'' mentioned historically during the middle ages exist to this day, in one form or another.
2006-12-09 13:16:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Dinosaur bones with flesh still on them are found in colder regions indicating that they lived a whole lot more recently than 65 million years ago.
The drawings of ancient peoples depicted dinosaurs (previously called dragons). Marco Polo wrote that the emeror of China was raising dragons to pull his chariot in parades.
Alexander the Great wrote that when they went into India, his men were afraid because of the dragons living in caves there.
There are numerous historical references to dragons. The word "dinosaur" was invented in 1841, so you wouldn't expect to find references to "dinosaurs" in historical documents.
Behemoth is described as having a "tail like a cedar tree". Hippos and rhinos don't have tails like a tree.
It is also thought that the Biblical reference to unicorns is a reference to dinosaurs, possibly the triceritops as it refers to them as having great strength, and being an animal that cannot be trained as most mammals can be.
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2006-12-09 13:09:15 · answer #4 · answered by s2scrm 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-30 09:15:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have we also found fire breathing Dragon fossils?
The point it dinosaurs, and the proof of them such as fossils dont dispute the Bible, and the Bible could very well back them up.
2006-12-09 13:11:58 · answer #6 · answered by sweetie_baby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is POSSIBLE that the behemoths in Job were dinosaurs, basically because no one knows what kind of animal the "behemoth" is.
Biblical references are factual, because the Bible is a nonfiction source.
2006-12-09 13:11:36 · answer #7 · answered by wnk 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it could be that legends of fire breathing dragons were left after the real dinasours died. There are some in chinese culture that marco polo describes when he traveled to the orient and he was a well informed european.
2006-12-09 13:11:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The dinosaurs were not in mans creation. The bilbe refers to nothing of the sort.
2006-12-09 13:10:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no - dinosaurs date back at 65 million years, the bible only says the earth is about 6,000 years old
2006-12-09 13:10:01 · answer #10 · answered by Da Vinci Code Revolution 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They also mention unicorns. Pretty cool...dragons are great. I want one.
However, I think he created the dinosaurs to fertilize the earth. Can't have food without poop!
2006-12-09 13:12:43 · answer #11 · answered by catscratch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋