A hereditary disease, multiple endocrine neoplasia, may have contributed to David’s easy victory over Goliath, according to the February issue of GEO Magazine.
Psychiatrist Pauline Rabin and endocrinologist David Rabin, a Vanderbilt University Medical Center husband-and-wife team, say that extensive Biblical research has led them to believe that the villainous giant suffered from that rare disorder, which causes tumors to grow in the endocrine glands. This would account for Goliath’s incredible size, and the fact that he was partially blind.
David’s stone, the Rabins surmise, may have struck a cyst on Goliath’s forehead, penetrating his skull and piercing his brain.
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