Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

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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