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  • From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Flying or Darting in Isaiah 14:29 and 30:6
  • Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:21:30 -0500

Michael:

The pictures you referenced below look similar to
this ancient ceramic, especially if flying with the
legs tucked in for streamlining.

http://www.bible.ca/tracks/tracks-acambaro-dino8.jpg

I wonder how many words in Tanakh refer to animals
that have since become extinct?

Karl W. Randolph.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: mabernathy714 AT comcast.net
>
>
> You might want to check an article by John Goertzen at
> www.rae.org/pteroets.html. I'm not sure of his credentials and his
> conclusions may be questionable but he notes that depictions of
> winged serpents were common during the time of Isaiah. Whether this
> is a reproduction of something purely mythical or a recreation of
> something the people saw in the fossil record may not be
> determined. I believe the author claims that details in the
> drawings suggest that they still had some of these critters flying
> around at the time they carved these images.
> Sincerely,
> Michael Abernathy


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