> The (hammered) dulcimer, despite dubious claims by many of its adherants (who, often, place too much credence in the 1611 Authorized translation of the Bible, and not enough credence in actual historical record) of ancient existence, is at least 400-500 years old. It's a zither, though zithers are plucked more often than hammered in the cultures that claim it as their own (people groups throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Asia claim zithers as native to their own people).

Yeah, that's one thing to consider. Not to take away from the legitimacy of the AV, but things like this can lead to incorrect assumptions if they're not thought through. For example, you find "organs" (`ugav in Hebrew; Strong's 5748) in Psalm 150, Job 21 & 30, and even Genesis 4. Is anyone prepared to suggest that what we think of as organs existed back then? Is this a misidentification, or were "flutes" (as found in other versions) what people thought of as "organs" back in the early 17th century?

Nyperold