Have they found Goliath and the cause of his death?
I saw a study on remains in the Ashkelon-Gaza-Kirith Gat area +- the area of the Philistines and indeed there are giants there from that period. Calculating Goliath's height according to the area is 2.30 compared to a man found in that period who was 1.60. This is indeed an impressive height but not an illusion. The genetics of the Philistines there are remarkably similar to the areas of tribes in northern Europe then and today. Indeed, there is a disease there that occurs between 1 in 1000 people in blood and 1 in 2500 people who are tall in adolescence and do not stop growing taller until they die at a relatively young age due to complications of the height, as the amounts of blood put tremendous pressure on the heart and more and more problems related to height. Among the main disabilities they have is that they do not have side vision but only frontal vision (this sits in the brain on the growth area and at its expense). They have weaknesses in carrying heavy things.
Now to summarize:
Goliath, a tall Philistine like many there, apparently suffering from the same disease that is present today in tribes in northern Europe, awkward in movement and needs a young boy to carry his weapons for him, unable to see from the side, David comes to him from the side, throws a stone at him, he loses his balance, falls and his head is cut off relatively easily (another disability that makes it easy to kill them and cut off their organs, something related to the reason for the height, and the Rabbi somehow also has muscles and other things, really weak compared to an ordinary person)
Although it looks scary and maybe also a kind of great power
But with sophistication and a flank attack, it's not a miracle but the royal road to defeating Goliath.
What does the rabbi think about that?
לגלות עוד מהאתר הרב מיכאל אברהם
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