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  • From: "Jason A. Hare" <language_lover64801 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Is R)$YT even a "time" word?
  • Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 00:07:42 -0500


Ian,

As I said in my last message, I have not followed the list very well, but
I just went through this thread and followed the argument up 'til this
point. Honestly, I had never heard of the Enuma Elisha (and I still don't
have a clue where it's from or what it is), but it is to me very striking
in its similarities. I just wanted to thank you for bringing it up and
quoting it. I had always been curious to what the RWH )LHYM and THWM were
referring in Gen. 1.2. This puts a new spin on things for me. I don't
really want to enter this debate, because I think there is no argument
here [B:R)"$iYT = "at the first" as a time phrase that modifies the
should-be infinitive construct B:Ro) -- so Rashi]. I just in passing
wanted to say that I appreciate your comments.

Regards,
Jason Hare

> Do you understand what Genesis 1:2 is about from the
> text itself? Can you tell me why tehom is mentioned
> in the text? Can you tell from the text why the wind
> is present? A cursory reading of the Enuma Elisha
> answers all these questions. If you allow that the
> two accounts are related, one needs to face how they
> are related: when one version is apparently cryptic
> and the other is not, it is common to elucidate the
> one with the other.




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