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  • From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
  • To: "Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] gen 1:2
  • Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 00:26:38 -0500

Dear Dora:

Where is the term ”formless void“? We already covered this in previous
discussions, whereby we split along philosophical presuppositions. I
personally say that it means ”lifeless and still (the stillness of empty of
life)“ but others say it has other meanings.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dora Smith" <villandra AT austin.rr.com>\

> PS - The reason for the greatly differing translations of the first chapter
> of Genesis is clearly lack of clarity of what the words mean, metaphorical
> concepts (like deep sea), the meaning of which is lost on many or all modern
> scholars, and terms like the two words for formless void that do not
> translate into English. One has to come up with approximate English
> concepts.
> …
> Yours,
> Dora Smith
> Austin, Texas
> villandra AT austin.rr.com
--
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