Re: guron

From: Steve Long (steve@allegrographics.com)
Date: Tue Aug 31 1999 - 10:12:10 EDT


>At 5:37 AM -0700 8/31/99, Robert W Meyers wrote:
>>Could someone tell me the meaning of this word
>>in the LXX of Job 22:14 and Isa. 40:22?
>
>GUROS means "circle"; these passages seem to be based upon a cosmology that
>assumes a rounded brazier of heaven and a rounded flat surface of earth.
>
>

It's also a tasty sandwich you can get at the Olympia Kebob House! :) Made
from a circular pita bread.

Steve

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