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Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Topic Options #102728 - 05/07/03 06:18 PM Re: window Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653 to show his needle on a garment Not to mention the eye of a needle through which it would be easier for a camel to pass than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. Course, I don't know what that was a translation of. Here's a picture of some neolithic needles: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/timelines/britain/images/bone_objects.jpg Top #102729 - 05/07/03 06:21 PM Re: window Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... And here's a bit more on ancient needles: http://www.altekneedles.com/ned_history.htm Top #102730 - 05/07/03 06:26 PM Re: window Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... There was some geographical pass called The Eye of the Needle--a rocky pass. Camels could pass through it, but only with great difficulty. But the source of the metaphor for this rocky pass would have been the needle that was used by those ancient tailors. http://www.biblicalhebrew.com/nt/camelneedle.htm The above url debunks the myth about the camel's pass through a gate in Jerusalem. Interesting reading. Top Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8423 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209755 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members teepee, smoothcriminal86, janbra, junebug, Stephen A 8423 Registered Users Who's Online 2 registered (teepee, Faldage), 36 Guests and 3 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 87 jenny jenny 65 wofahulicodoc 53 endymion6 45 Rhubarb Commando 35 BranShea 35 Buffalo Shrdlu 19 zmjezhd 16 Jackie 15 Faldage 14 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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