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  • From: "Noel O'Riordan" <nor AT iol.ie>
  • To: <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Genesis 2:4
  • Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 21:18:34 -0000




> George Athas wrote:
> > simply different. The scribes could have opted to put Gen 2:4ff at the
> beginning so that

> Lee R.Martin Wrote
> I disagree, however, with your statement that Gen. 2:4 could come before
Gen.
> 1:1. This is where Gunkel erred. The Hebrew word "toledoth" does not
mean
> "origin," it means "progeny." Gen 1 tells of the creation of "heaven and
> earth," then Gen 2 tells of the progeny of heaven and earth. Please see
> Brevard Childs for an excellent theological explanation of the two
accounts.
> I have recently written a paper on the topic that will be published in the
> spring in a Festschrift.
> Lee R. Martin

Frank Moore Cross also argues that 2:4 is in its correct position, and is
used by P as a superscription to the paradise narrative. (F.M.Cross
Canaanite Myth and Hebrew epic. p302)

Regards

Noel O Riordan




  • Genesis 2:4, Lee R. Martin, 11/30/1999
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • Re: Genesis 2:4, Noel O'Riordan, 11/30/1999
    • Re: Genesis 2:4, George Athas, 11/30/1999

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