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  • From: Yigal Levin <Yigal-Levin AT utc.edu>
  • To: "Andrew Kulikovsky" <hermeneutics AT kulikovskyonline.net>, Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: My understanding of Gen 1:1-3
  • Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 10:59:40 -0400


Andrew, while I can agree with most of what you wrote, please explain:

>2. v. 1 describes God's initial creative act - the creation of the
>"heavens and the earth" which is not a merism for "universe" (the
>Israelite people had no concept of a "universe" at this time), but a
>merism indicating the totality of all that exists, seen and unseen, on
>earth and in the heavens.

What is the difference between the "universe" and "the totality of all that
exists, seen and unseen, on earth and in the heavens"?

Yigal




Dr. Yigal Levin
Dept. of Philosophy and Religion
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
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Chattanooga TN 37403-2598
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