The Giants such as "Og" and even the word Rephaim and things like that were used as epithets calling upon powers of judgment, vengeance, and healing as well:
Names of the Giants in Bible
Adonizedec - King of Jerusalem
Joshua 10:1,3
Agag - King of the Amalakites
Numbers 24:7
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Are you doing this on purpose? My particular claim was only that the Bible when corroboration is possible has been extraordinarily accurate. I did not use it for donkeys, Jonah or any of these other exit ramps you took. However being that we are potentially talking about the creator of the...
Aye, it is nice to be somewhat in agreement.
As for my source, I gathered the information from The Holy Bible from Ancient Eastern Manuscripts by Dr. George Lamsa and also in two old Aramaic sources, the Sinaitic Palimpsest, and the Curetonian Syriac in which manuscripts do not include the...
I always thought that was very odd myself.
I could agree with that if I had a source to support it.
That was going to be my next question..where else was this done.
Thanks for the reference .
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Can you cite one of these sources?
I cannot find reference to "lama"...
Found the post.
Matthew 27:46: And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Mark 15:34: And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is...
Matthew 27:46: And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Mark 15:34: And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being...