[b-hebrew] Alter's translation (Was: Daniel 6:27 (timeindefinite) II)
B. M. Rocine
brocine at twcny.rr.com
Tue Nov 22 18:34:32 EST 2005
Hi Karl,
For the most balanced examonation of the grammar of the first verses of
the Bible see the fifty pages by Waltke 1975 in _Bibliotheca Sacra_ 132.
There is plenty in the Bible that suggests a previous cosmos.
Shalom,
Bryan
Karl Randolph wrote:
>
> Looking at the Hebrew, there is no "When" nor "began" in
> the first verse, along with an added "then" in the second
> verse indicate an ideational viewpoint it looks as if they
> were added to make the translation say the same things
> as did most ancient creation myths, that started out with a
> pre-existing earth that the gods then made order out of
> chaos. He left off the definite articles for both "heaven" and
> "earth".
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B. M. Rocine
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