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The comparison between Wadlow and Goliath is for medical reasons only, as both suffered from gigantism. However, while Goliath was a fearsome soldier for the Philistines, Wadlow was a complete opposite; he was known as "the Gentle Giant" by Alton residents and was very well-loved by many. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 14:33, 29 May 2007 (EDT) | The comparison between Wadlow and Goliath is for medical reasons only, as both suffered from gigantism. However, while Goliath was a fearsome soldier for the Philistines, Wadlow was a complete opposite; he was known as "the Gentle Giant" by Alton residents and was very well-loved by many. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 14:33, 29 May 2007 (EDT) | ||
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| + | I deleted some material about the non-Semitic nature of the name "Goliath" being used as an argument against the historicity of Golaith. In fact scholars have known for quite a long time thatthe Philistines originated from Asia Minor/Greece and were of Indo-European ancestry - hence finding an Indo-European name on a potsherd in a Philistine city was no surprise. (In fact there were two names on the postsherd, ALWT and WLT - neither is identoical with Goliath, which is thought to be connected with the Lydian name Alyattes, but they share similarities). [[User:PiCo|PiCo]] 13:31, 26 June 2007 (EDT) | ||
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Robert Wadlow
The comparison between Wadlow and Goliath is for medical reasons only, as both suffered from gigantism. However, while Goliath was a fearsome soldier for the Philistines, Wadlow was a complete opposite; he was known as "the Gentle Giant" by Alton residents and was very well-loved by many. Karajou 14:33, 29 May 2007 (EDT)
The name Goliath
I deleted some material about the non-Semitic nature of the name "Goliath" being used as an argument against the historicity of Golaith. In fact scholars have known for quite a long time thatthe Philistines originated from Asia Minor/Greece and were of Indo-European ancestry - hence finding an Indo-European name on a potsherd in a Philistine city was no surprise. (In fact there were two names on the postsherd, ALWT and WLT - neither is identoical with Goliath, which is thought to be connected with the Lydian name Alyattes, but they share similarities). PiCo 13:31, 26 June 2007 (EDT)