No Bones About It! Part One: GIANTS in the Old World
Historical Blindness
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Is Being a Giant Just One of the Perks of Being Rich?
The story of the 12 spies raises another possible rational explanation for all biblical giants. It is a viuable alternative to the notion that any of these people were actually physically gargantuan to any preternatural degree. Instead, perhaps all of them were just what you might call giants among men, or men of renown as the first verse mentioning nephalim calls them. We see the same thing happen more recently in america with our tall tales. Many are roadside attraction carvings of this giant lumberjack and his equally massive pet, blue ox.
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