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  • From: "Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Gen 1:6-8.
  • Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 17:51:40 -0500


Dear Liz,

You 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?

The word raqi(a may have had a specialized meaning related to its more
mundane usage.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard







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