Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 18/09/2004 16:59, Michael Banyai wrote:

> Hallo W. Mattfeld,
>
> the magical ritual of pulverizing the Golden Calf into dust, placing this dust into 
> water and then making Israel "drink" it is constructed similar to the law of 
> Numbers 5,11-31 concerning a divine ordeal in the case of undemonstrable infidelity in 
> marriage.
>
> A pulverisation of gold into dust and mixing it with water is however a mater 
> of phisical impossibility. Gold separates on the spot from water, as a matter 
> of fact. ...

But not instantaneously. As long as the water is moving fast, it can 
carry a heavy powder like gold dust. Try putting some heavy powder (e.g. 
salt) in a cup, adding water, stirring very fast, and drinking it. You 
will find that you are able to drink it.

> ..
>
> I reorder the text according to the donation ritual description as described 
> in Judges 8.24-27 here following.
>  

And here is my reordering of the Bible text, odd sentences taken from 
different books in whatever way I think makes sense, which proves 
conclusively that the Israelites arrived from the planet Mars in a 
spaceship:

(I leave the rest of this as an exercise for the reader.)

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