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2007-03-15T13:27:18Z

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What is a "de facto argument"? --[[User:Horace|Horace]] 22:19, 1 March 2007 (EST)

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_Bride_%28film%29 That word, I do not think it means what Conservative thinks it means.]. I'm not sure what he means either, and in any event, not all translations use unicorn in those locations, and furthermore in all those locations there isn't any obvious reason that it would have to be reffering to an actual creature. [[User:JoshuaZ|JoshuaZ]] 22:25, 1 March 2007 (EST)

The hebrew word found in Numbers 23:22 is re'em. The strong's number for this is 07214 See http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/words.pl?strongs=07214 . In the KJV this was translated as 'unicorn'. In the NKJV Numbers 23:22 reads "God brings them out of Egypt; He has strength like a wild ox." In the NLT it reads "God has brought them out of Egypt; he is like a strong ox for them." In NIV it reads "God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox." So on and so on. The vulgate reads "Deus eduxit eum de Aegypto cuius fortitudo similis est rinocerotis". While it may be referenced in the KJV nine times, it is not necessarily the right word. Bibical scholars today believe the word refers to a great aurochs or wild bull. Unless one is going to argue that the KJV is the only version of the Bible it is appropriate to make the distinction in the article. --[[User:Mtur|Mtur]] 17:36, 8 March 2007 (EST)

Unicorn

2007-03-15T13:27:18Z

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'''ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US! Vote People's Awesome Party of America.''' Commonly, a mythical beast resembling a white horse with a single horn grown out of its forehead.<ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/unicorn</ref>

==Unicorns in the Judeo-Christian Tradition==
The word "unicorn" is included in the text of the [[King James Version|King James]] translation of [[The Bible]] nine times<ref>http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/read/what_about_the_unicorn_and_the_satyr</ref>.

The existence of unicorns is controversial. Secular opinion is that they are mythical, however [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologists]] have advanced various arguments that the biblical unicorn was not a fantasy animal. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v14/i2/unicorn.asp</ref> In the original texts, unicorns go by the [[Hebrew]] name ''Re-em'' whereas the [[Greek]] [[Septuagint]] used the word ''monokeros'', meaning "one-horned".<ref name="dinobible">[http://www.genesispark.com/genpark/bible/bible.htm "Dinosaurs in the Bible"], Genesis Park</ref> The English word "unicorn" is derived from the [[Latin]], ''ūnicornis'', also meaning "one-horned".

While popularly characterized as a horned member of the horse [[baramin]], it is likely that the "unicorn" was actually quite un-horselike. One recognized theory is that "unicorn" actually refers to a [[rhinoceros]], and a growing number of Creation researchers are theorizing that the unicorn was actually a member of the [[triceratops | ceratopsian]] baramin. However no fossil evidence of unicorns has been found to date.<ref name="dinobible"/>

<div style="text-align:center">[[Image:reem.png|Remains of hypothetical two horned ceratopsian ''re-em'']]</div>

==Symbolic & Heraldic Usage==

[[Image:unicorn.vinycomb1907.png|right|Heraldic rendering of a unicorn|200px]]

Unicorns in [[heraldry]] typically have the body and head of a horse, the tail of a [[lion]], the limbs and hoofs of a stag, and a twisted horn growing from the forehead<ref name="vinycomb">''Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art with special reference to their use in British Heraldry'', by John Vinycomb, 1907</ref>. It is typically used to symbolize virtue of mind and strength of body, but has also been used as an emblem of [[Christ]] as the horn of our [[Salvation]]<ref name="vinycomb"/>.

==Artificial Unicorns==

In 1984 the U.S. patent office granted patent number 4,429,685 to Timothy G. Zell for his development of a surgical procedure to create a "unicorn" from a horned animal<ref>Patent 4,429,685 [http://colitz.com/site/4429685/4429685f.htm]</ref>. The basis for the patent was "Lancelot the living unicorn" (actually a goat) bred by Timothy "Otter" Zell and his wife Morning Glory Zell<ref>Lancelot[http://www.lair2000.net/Unicorn_Dreams/Unicorns_Man_Made/unicorns_man_made.html]</ref>.

==References==
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==See Also==
[[Leviathan]], [[Behemoth]]

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