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Catholic Word of the Day: GIANTS, 10-07-10
CatholicReference.net ^ | 10-07-10 | Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary

Posted on 10/07/2010 9:43:50 AM PDT by Salvation

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GIANTS

huge persons mentioned in the Bible. When Moses sent spies into Canaan to discover whether it was a suitable place for the Promised Land, the spies were frightened by "the enormous size" of the natives. "We felt like grasshoppers and so we seemed to them" (Numbers 13:32-33). These people were called Nephilim. Another group of so-called giants were the Rephaim, who lived in Moabite territory (Deuteronomy 2:10). Goliath was unquestionably the best-known gigantic figure in Scripture, because of his famous encounter with David, but he was a Philistine, not a member of a tribe of giants (I Samuel 17).

All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.


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1 posted on 10/07/2010 9:43:56 AM PDT by Salvation
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2 posted on 10/07/2010 9:46:04 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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3 posted on 10/07/2010 9:47:32 AM PDT by evets (beer)
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To: evets

Where is the original? Has it been dated?


4 posted on 10/07/2010 9:50:54 AM PDT by stuartcr (When politicians politicize issues, aren't they just doing their job?)
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To: evets

Interesting. Any more information?


5 posted on 10/07/2010 9:53:17 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation

http://www.stevequayle.com/Giants/Mid.East/Giants.Mid.East6.html

http://www.returnofthenephilim.com/GiantsInHistory.html

Both with lots of Biblical references.

http://www.stevequayle.com/Giants/index2.html has additional info.


6 posted on 10/07/2010 10:13:06 AM PDT by Bookwoman ("...and I am unanimous in this...")
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To: Salvation
I thought you meant


7 posted on 10/11/2010 3:57:40 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (defeat islam.)
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