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Re: Gen 1:6-8.

From: "Stephen C. Carlson" <scarlson AT mindspring.com>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Gen 1:6-8.
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 23:10:05 -0400

At 06:45 PM 8/29/00 -0400, Liz Fried wrote:
>What do people who believe in the inerrancy of the
>biblical text do with the word raqi(a in vs 1:6-8? Do
>they think the sky is a rolled out sheet of metal
>strong enough to hold the rain waters?

A lot of inerrantists interpret raqi(a as "expanse,"
but your question seems more directed to literalists
than to inerrantists.

Stephen Carlson
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Gen 1:6-8., Liz Fried, 08/29/2000
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Gen 1:6-8., Stephen C. Carlson, 08/29/2000
- RE: Gen 1:6-8., Liz Fried, 08/29/2000
- Re: Gen 1:6-8., <Ånâtäsïà >, 08/29/2000
- Re: Gen 1:6-8., Peter Kirk, 08/30/2000
- Re: Gen 1:6-8., Ben Crick, 08/30/2000
- Re: Gen 1:6-8., Dave Washburn, 08/30/2000
- Re: Gen 1:6-8., Ian Hutchesson, 08/30/2000
- RE: Gen 1:6-8., Dave Washburn, 08/30/2000
- Re: Gen 1:6-8., Ian Hutchesson, 08/30/2000
- Re: Gen 1:6-8., Harold R. Holmyard III, 08/30/2000
- Re: Re: Gen 1:6-8., barre, 08/30/2000