Biblical Scope

[Mark A Mandel]

On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, James A. Landau wrote:

#As best as I can remember offhand, there is only one 40-year period mentioned
#in the BIble, and that is the wandering of the Children of Israel in the
#wilderness.  There are 40-DAY periods, though.

I believe that "forty" is ancient Hebrew for "gazillions": lots and lots
and lots. E.g., Noah's flood, 40 days and 40 nights.

-- Mark Mandel