[b-hebrew] barak (bless? curse?) in the Book of Job
Ted Walther
ted at reactor-core.org
Thu Jan 29 13:48:31 EST 2009
I don't see a conflict in the Greek and Hebrew concepts of Olam and
Eternity. Infinity is really best defined, not as the biggest number,
but as a number bigger than we can count. That is, something that is
out of sight and unknown, greater than anything we do know.
Ted
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 09:18:53AM -0800, K Randolph wrote:
>John:
>
>On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 8:23 AM, John Estell <oldearther at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Karl,
>>
>> *"But outside of slang where thereis a deliberate attempt at obfuscation,
>> no where is that semantic range so
>> broad that a word can have one meaning and its opposite."
>> *
>>
>> **
>>
>> What about *olam* (and in Greek, *aion/aionios*) ? Can't that refer to
>> both time and eternity? Aren't these opposite meanings?
>>
>> The question of (WLM was debated in greater detail before. It comes from
>the same root as "to cause to be unknown" i.e. to hide, (LMWT alamut the
>unknown, T(LMH unknown thing, and in reference to time, it is to a time of
>unknown span. By extension, eternity also extends off into the unknown. So
>the two are related, not opposite.
>
>This has often led to misunderstanding of texts, as when people see (WLM
>they assume that eternity is meant, when only a time span of unknown length
>but which has a definite end is meant in the text.
>
>The Greek word refers to an eon, a very long span of time, and by extension,
>eternity. But that's Greek.
>
>>
>> John Estell
>>
>
>Karl W. Randolph.
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