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Monday, June 17, 2024

What Were The "Unicorns" Mentioned In The Bible?

 Another interesting video from NathanH83, this one addressing what were the "unicorns" mentioned in the Bible. I've heard various theories before of different animals that might have been "unicorns" but the video offers compelling evidence and argument that "unicorns" (literally, one-horned) refers to the Asiatic one-horned rhinoceros. Moreover, he notes what while the KJV generally refers to "unicorn" without distinguishment, the Latin Vulgate actually differentiates between the two-horned rhinoceros and the one-horned rhinoceros. That is, certain of the references to "unicorn" in the KJV actually pertain to a similar, but two-horned animal. 

    The reason for this video is that there are apparently some people that actually try to use the references to unicorns as "proof" that the Bible is false, even though, as the video explains, the meaning of "unicorn" has radically changed in the last 200 years (and perhaps even more in the past 400 years since the KJV was published). I've never heard anyone make that ignorant of an argument, but NathanH83 includes some clips of people making that very argument, so it must happen. 

NathanH83 (8 min.)

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