Talk:Boanthropy

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I cannot find any reference to "Boanthropy" in any reputable sources online. I'm beginning to think it's just one of these 'facts' that gets passed along without checking. Has anyone seen it written in an actual reference book?

I came across the word "Boanthropy" when it was given in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. I was unsure if this was a real word or not; some of the words given in the show are fictitious. The internet is now somewhat glutted by excerpts from this Wikipedia page, but I think I've found an independent citation. --DavidK93 13:10, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

I do not think it is a real word. The only source seems to be said Spelling Bee, and it is known that some words on the show are fictitious. I think it's fairly safe to assume the word does not, in fact, exist. Besides this point, what the hell can we put in the page? There's no source material! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.95.172.15 (talk) 14:26, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

The expositor's Bible Commentary (Frank E. Gaebelein, gen ed, Copyright Zondervan, 1976-1992) states the following in the commentary for Daniel 4:33 "This verse describes the wretchedness of Nebuchadnezzar's condition--abhorred and despised even by his lowliest subjects, reduced to the state of a grazing beast in a field. Physically he became like the brute beast he imagined himself to be, as his skin toughened into hide through constant exposure to outdoor weather at all seasons. (The temperature in modern Iraq ranges from a high of 110 or 120 degrees Fahrenheit in summer--usually with high humidity--to a low of well below freezing in winter.) Most particularly the hair of his head and his body, becoming matted and coarse, looked like eagle feathers; his fingernails and toenails, never cut, became like claws. So the boasting king, a victim of what is known as boanthropy, sank to a subhuman level." The expositor's commentary is highly regarded by many conservative Christian scholars, and the footnote on said verse states "R.K. Harrison (IOT, pp. 1115-17) has a helpful discussion of boanthropy in the light of modern medicine."

See this page. It contains more information. http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/01/10/052819.php —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.95.172.15 (talk) 14:29, 8 September 2007 (UTC)