Takenote bible4/17/2023 ![]() To say it does not mean that is nonsense. Binyaamiyn absolutely does mean “son of right hand”. Not a BAS Library or All-Access Member yet? Join today.Īncient cultures ancient near Archaeology archaeology and the bible archaeology review archaeology sites artifacts and the bible bas library benjamin benjamites beth shean beth shean in the bible bib arch bib arch org Bible bible and archaeology bible history bible history daily bible stories bible story Biblical biblical arch Biblical Archaeology Biblical Archaeology Review Biblical Archaeology Sites Biblical Artifacts biblical sites biblical topics biblicalarchaeology book of ruth david bible david bible story david from the bible edomites evidence of king david Exodus hebrew Hebrew Bible historical evidence of king david king david king david bible king david bible story king david from the bible left handed people bible left handed people in the bible left handedness in the bible moabites nephilim People in the Bible tel dan Tel Dan Inscription the ammonites the bible and the bible and archaeology the exodus The Hebrew Bible the nephilim tribe of benjamin tribe of benjamin left handed who are the nephilim ziony zevit The name Benjamin means “son of (my) right hand.” Perhaps the irony of left-handed “sons of right-handers” caused the Biblical authors to take note in these cases.įor more about the tribe of Benjamin, left-handedness in the Bible, and the genetics of left-handedness, see Boyd Seevers and Joanna Klein, Biblical Views: “ Left-Handed Sons of Right-Handers” in the May/June 2013 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review. ![]() Then again, perhaps the Biblical writers simply enjoyed a bit of word play. In a Biblical Views column in the May/June 2013 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, professors Boyd Seevers and Joanna Klein ask the question, “Were these warriors from the tribe of Benjamin left-handed by nature or nurture?” Citing studies in the genetics of left-handedness and Biblical texts, Seevers and Klein show that it may have been a bit of both.īenjamites may have been genetically disposed to left-handedness at birth, but the trait may also have been encouraged in soldiers to give them a strategic advantage in combat-somewhat like left-handed baseball pitchers today-against right-handed opponents who were unaccustomed to fighting “lefties.” Warriors from the tribe of Benjamin might have been trained to be equally or more effective with their left hands. All of these stories of left-handed people in the Bible appear in military contexts, and, curiously, all involve members of the tribe of Benjamin. 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 who came to support David in Hebron (1 Chronicles 12:2). (Drawing by Josh Seevers, courtesy of Boyd Seevers) ![]() 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. That makes them holy, heavenly, spiritual, and cheerful, and raises them above this world.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). And the followers of Christ should act so that all who converse with them, may take knowledge that they have been with Jesus. ![]() But when covetousness, pride, or any corrupt passion, rules within, men shut their eyes, and close their hearts, in enmity against the light considering all as ignorant and unlearned, who desire to know nothing in comparison with Christ crucified. The name of Jesus is given to men of every age and nation, as that whereby alone believers are saved from the wrath to come. These rulers must either be saved by that Jesus whom they had crucified, or they must perish for ever. Peter being filled with the Holy Ghost, would have all to understand, that the miracle had been wrought by the name, or power, of Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, whom they had crucified and this confirmed their testimony to his resurrection from the dead, which proved him to be the Messiah. Matthew Henry's Commentary on Acts 4:10-12 Commentary on Acts 4:5-14
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