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RE: Gen 1:1 "At first"?

From: "Bill Ross" <wross AT farmerstel.com>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: Gen 1:1 "At first"?
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 18:33:28 -0500

<Bill>
> > It seems that EN ARCH is Koine for "in the beginning" or "at first". I
don't think this is a necessary conclusion.

<Bill>
I did not mean to imply that it was "proper Koine", but rather that usage
contemporary and contextually similar [ie: NT] to John 1:1 would imply that
EN ARCH would likely be intended to mean "at first" or "in the beginning".

Bill Ross

RE: Gen 1:1 "At first"?, Bill Ross, 09/01/2000
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: Gen 1:1 "At first"?, Dave Washburn, 09/01/2000
- RE: Gen 1:1 "At first"?, Liz Fried, 09/01/2000
- Re: Gen 1:1 "At first"?, Peter Kirk, 09/01/2000
- RE: Gen 1:1 "At first"?, Bill Ross, 09/01/2000
- Re: Gen 1:1 "At first"?, Polycarp66, 09/03/2000