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How did Job know......
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He lived in the land of Uz (Job 1v1) - this possibly being the region east of the southern Lebabnons. Discuss. |
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10-06-2002, 07:16 AM
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[ October 06, 2002: Message edited by: MortalWombat ]</p> |
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10-06-2002, 09:20 AM
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Ok then, somewhere in the middle east.
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10-06-2002, 09:22 AM
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It makes little difference - perhaps Job did record it, perhaps he didn't.
Anyway how did he/they know? |
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10-06-2002, 11:25 AM
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I would be emboldened to say "Mountains". from worldclimate.com, the lowest average monthly temperatures in Beirut are about 13C, but the lowest average monthly temperature in nearby Ksara Osby are arount 5C, so it's fairly safe to say that they experince water-freezing temperature, at least sometimes at night, and they're less than a km higher elevation than Beirut. It's fairly safe to say that, at the very least, there were snow-topped mountains sufficiently close to where the author of Job lived that the fact that "water freezes" was not some obscure scientific fact. m. |
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10-11-2002, 10:20 AM
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No - not how did "Job" know that water froze but how did he know that the great deep (the sea) froze?
It's mentioned here, but how could Job have known this? [ October 11, 2002: Message edited by: davidH ]</p> |
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10-11-2002, 10:46 AM
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The Black Sea was probably known to the inhabitants of the region at that time, if not directly then almost certainly they heard of it through others. At least portions of the Black Sea freeze during most winters, and in severe winters occasionally the southwest region, including the Bosphorus, have been known to have freezeovers.
If regional climate was colder during that time (I don't know if it was or not, but that could certainly be determined), it's possible that the Black Sea froze most winters. |
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