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|Text=<p>"He will surely wind you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a large country. There you will die . . . " <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Isaiah 22:18.</span></p> | |Text=<p>"He will surely wind you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a large country. There you will die . . . " <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Isaiah 22:18.</span></p> | ||
<p>The word "ball" appears only twice in the Bible, and the other one refers to the ball of the foot of a beast (Leviticus 11:27). The Isaiah usage was the inspiration for a January 1905 news article headed, "Played Baseball in Bible Times: The Prophet Isaiah Made the only reference to the Pastime to be Found in the Holy Writ." (The <em>Hamilton [Ont] Spectator</em> - from a clipping in the Origins file at the Giamatti Center in Cooperstown.)</p> | <p>The word "ball" appears only twice in the Bible, and the other one refers to the ball of the foot of a beast (Leviticus 11:27). The Isaiah usage was the inspiration for a January 1905 news article headed, "Isaiah's prophesies were written [in Hebrew] late in the eighth century BC.</p> | ||
<p> | |Sources=<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Isaiah 22:18.</span></p> | ||
<p>"Played Baseball in Bible Times: The Prophet Isaiah Made the only reference to the Pastime to be Found in the Holy Writ." (The <em>Hamilton [Ont] Spectator</em> - from a clipping in the Origins file at the Giamatti Center in Cooperstown.)</p> | |||
<p>A compilation of 15 English translations [accessed at <a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/22-18.htm%20on%2012/29/10">http://bible.cc/isaiah/22-18.htm on 12/29/10</a>] shows that most of them summon the image of an angry God hurling the miscreant, like a ball, far far away. (One exception, however, cites the winding of a turban, not a ball.) A literal translation is unrevealing: "And thy coverer covering, wrapping round, Wrappeth thee round, O babbler, On a land broad of sides—there thou diest."</p> | |||
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|Warning=<p>We have little assurance that Isaiah actually referred to a ball, or even to the act of throwing</p> | |||
|Query=<p>Could a Hebrew reader or a Bible scholar among you clarify this question? Please?</p> | |||
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| Text | "He will surely wind you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a large country. There you will die . . . " Isaiah 22:18. The word "ball" appears only twice in the Bible, and the other one refers to the ball of the foot of a beast (Leviticus 11:27). The Isaiah usage was the inspiration for a January 1905 news article headed, "Isaiah's prophesies were written [in Hebrew] late in the eighth century BC. |
| Sources | Isaiah 22:18. "Played Baseball in Bible Times: The Prophet Isaiah Made the only reference to the Pastime to be Found in the Holy Writ." (The Hamilton [Ont] Spectator - from a clipping in the Origins file at the Giamatti Center in Cooperstown.) A compilation of 15 English translations [accessed at http://bible.cc/isaiah/22-18.htm on 12/29/10] shows that most of them summon the image of an angry God hurling the miscreant, like a ball, far far away. (One exception, however, cites the winding of a turban, not a ball.) A literal translation is unrevealing: "And thy coverer covering, wrapping round, Wrappeth thee round, O babbler, On a land broad of sides—there thou diest."
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| Warning | We have little assurance that Isaiah actually referred to a ball, or even to the act of throwing |
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