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  • From: Yigal Levin <Yigal-Levin AT utc.edu>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: why isn't bereshit in Jer 26:1 in the construct state?
  • Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:05:59 -0400


At 09:45 PM 8/16/2002 +1000, George Athas wrote:
>Andrew,
>
>The construct and indefinite absolute forms would look identical.
Therefore, we have to find
>grounds other than form to work out which it actually is. I think context
makes it more than
>probable that in Jer 26.1 we have a construct chain.
>
>With Gen 1.1, we have the same problem. The form could be identified as
either a construct or an
>indefinite absolute form. The context, however, is not as easy as JEr 26.1
to work out. Thus, there
>is more debate about Gen 1.1.
>
Just a thought: could the author have puposely used an ambiguous term, br',
which could be read either way, rather than, for instance, (sh (what's the
transcription here for "sin"?)?



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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