Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Will Wagers <hyle AT gte.net>]

On Friday Jan 22 Jim West wrote:
>My point is merely that perhaps, again, perhaps, the focus
>of v.1 is the "land" in the narrow sense of the land of Israel; and that
>from THERE the author expands his horizons to the whole of the universe.
>In other words, God starts with the "land" and makes all the rest of creation
>around it.

Some Egyptian creation myths refer to a "hill" which is exposed when the
waters recede, apparently a reference to the way the land reappeared
following the annual inundation of the Nile.

Will Wagers     hyle AT gte.net    "Reality is the best metaphor."