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  • From: "Peter Kirk"<peter_kirk AT sil.org>
  • To: <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re[2]: Genesis 1:1
  • Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 22:44:37 -0500


The difference here is simple: (:A&OWT is an infinitive construct and
not a finite verb. This removes the ambiguity. If the author of
Genesis 1:1 had wanted to convey the interpretation "In the beginning
of God's creating...", he could perfectly well have written B.:R")$IYT
B.:RO) ):ELOHIYM as in 5:1 (which is actually a closer parallel than
2:4b). But s/he didn't, or the Masoretes didn't point it like that.
And LXX suggests that this was not an invention of the Masoretes. No,
to me the intention of the Masoretic text is clear: "In the beginning
God created..."

Peter Kirk


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Subject: Re: Genesis 1:1
Author: <yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il> at Internet
Date: 20/01/2000 08:43


Have you looked at Gen. 2:4b, which parallels 1:1 in content and
syntactical structure? Rashi could have used it as another example for
his interpretation of 1:1 had he understood it as the incipit of the
second Creation narrative.
Sincerely,

--
Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
Beit Berl Post Office 44905
Israel



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