Giants_in_the_Bible

GIANTS IN THE BIBLE
PROF. M. M. NINAN
The human-giants after the flood did not have any atmospheric advantage, and there are
indications they were in poor health, like those with gigantism today. For instance, one very
plausible theory is that Goliath died by the stone hitting his head because of poor health and
medical conditions which directly related to him having pituitary gigantism.
“And David put his hand into his bag and took from it a stone and slung it,
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and struck the
Philistine on his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to
the ground. Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone,
and he struck
the Philistine and killed him; but there was no sword in David’s hand.” 1 Sam 17:49-50
“Undoubtedly Goliath’s great size was due to acromegaly secondary to a pituitary macroadenoma.
This pituitary adenoma was apparently large enough to induce visual field deficits by its pressure
on the optic chiasm, which made Goliath unable to follow the young David as he circled him. The
stone entered Goliath’s cranial vault through a markedly thinned frontal bone, which resulted from
enlargement of the frontal paranasal sinus, a frequent feature of acromegaly. The stone lodged in
Goliath’s enlarged pituitary and caused a pituitary hemorrhage, resulting in transtentorial
herniation and death.”
– Dr. Stanley Sprecher, MD
http://radiology.rsna.org/content/176/1/288.2.full.pdf
The Post-flood giant were due to acromegaly (acromegaly= A disorder in adults in which the pituitary
gland produces too much growth hormone.)The poor health of these giants could also be argued in
that whole villages of giants were killed off by the Israelites without any noted difficulty. (Deut 3:1-11,
Josh 11:21)
God had the Israelites kill off these giant tribes entirely (men, women, and children), and this was likely
for one very understandable reason.
Using modern hereditary gigantism as a model, esp. FIPA (Familial Isolated Pituitary Adenomas ),
each successive generation has a younger onset for the illness. This means that what might start as
acromegaly, with adult onset, in a few generations would be more likely to result in gigantism that
begins in childhood. That is for those who do express the genes and have gigantism. At the same time,
most people in the family are carriers who do not get the disorder, and some do not even carry it. In
modern cases, an entire family or village of giants doesn’t happen. But there is a reason why.