Tall tales: Research examines Goliath's true height
While it is possible that Goliath was quite tall and even may have dwarfed most of his contemporaries, he was still a normally sized human being, at least by today’s standards.
Photo of two men sitting together shows Prof. Jeff Chadwick (BYU) and Prof. Aren Maeir (BIU) at the nature park entrance to Tell es-Safi, site of the ancient biblical city of Gath(photo credit: JEFF CHADWICK)ByHANNAH BROWNUpdated: