Biblical Hebrew Forum

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Pterosaurs huh?  Based on the text and context I would disagree.  Something 
as unusual as pterosaurs would, I think, be remarked upon by the author of 
Isaiah.  I would expect that if a pterosaur were seen in the ANE, it would be 
an unusual event.  Some much so that the author would draw attention to it in 
some way.  Yet the text betrays no special concern with these flying 
serpents, they appear nothing more than a metaphor for something dangerous 
and venomous, something to be avoided but not unusal.

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Jack Tladatsi