Goliath Wasn't That Tall
The annotation about the height of Goliath from the Greek version and the Dead Sea Scrolls is very interesting. I always found the "9 feet tall" thing a little unbelievable. Not only is that practically unheard of, but especially back then when people were generally shorter than today. 6'9" makes it a lot more believable... to most people, he would still seem giant like (even if David was a tall 5'3", Goliath would have been 1.5 feet taller). It makes sense that his height would "grow" over time... isn't that what happens to stories...? If it happened today, 6'9" wouldn't be a giant... that's only 5 inches taller than I. ;) But in context, 6'9" was a giant... same impact, but more believable. I like it.
Created almost 3 years ago
