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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: davidfentonism AT aim.com
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Gen. 2:16-17 :: idiom or clumsy lie
  • Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 23:29:18 -0500

Inasmuch as we are dealing with Genesis, it is worth while noticing that ברא, BARA, which is rendered in English: 'create', and which is the first verb (root) of the entire bible, is a variant of פרע PARA, 'disperse'. There is nothing in this verb (root) to indicate that God made "something" out of "nothing".

Other relatives of ברא are ברה, פרא, פרה.
Isaac Fried
On Dec 4, 2006, at 7:33 PM, davidfentonism AT aim.com wrote:

Do you find any support whatsoever for this position in the TNKh? Thanks.



David Fenton

NYC

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From: Isaac Fried [mailto:if AT math.bu.edu]
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Gen. 2:16-17 :: idiom or clumsy lie

2. Knowledge (science) will never solve the riddle of life and find a way to
prevent death. Death is part of the divine order and will be with us
forever.

Isaac Fried

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