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  • Left-Handed People in the Bible: Is there a genetic link to Benjamite lefties?

    08/16/2020 12:08:32 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 44 replies
    BAR ^ | August 13, 2020 | Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
    There are only three mentions of left-handed people in the Bible -- and all of them refer to members of the tribe of Benjamin, including their deadly accurate slingers (see drawing above). Were these people from the tribe of Benjamin left-handed by nature or nurture? Modern studies in the genetics of left-handedness may be able to shed light on this curious case. The Hebrew Bible mentions left-handed people on three occasions: the story of Ehud's assassination of the Moabite king (Judges 3:12–30), the 700 Benjamites who could use the sling with deadly accuracy (Judges 20:16) and the two-dozen ambidextrous warriors...