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Re: Gen 1:6-8.

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

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
- RE: Re: Gen 1:6-8., Bill Ross, 08/30/2000
- Re: Gen 1:6-8., Peter Kirk, 08/30/2000
- Re: Gen 1:6-8., Ian Hutchesson, 08/31/2000