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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: "Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 3:15 and order of ideas
  • Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:57:31 +0000

On 22/12/2004 14:51, Harold R. Holmyard III wrote:

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HH: Even if the ancient Jews did understand about women producing eggs, that is not chiefly what Lev 12:2 concerns, I think. It refers to a woman conceiving and bearing a child. Obviously a woman could produce eggs but not conceive; producing eggs does not automatically lead to giving birth. So the relevant point probably was, in in many other texts, that she conceived and bore. The Hiphil of ZR( here would seem to include the implanting of the male seed in the wall of the uterus.


Anachronism alert! The ancient Hebrews knew about semen and that its transfer was a prerequisite for conception. But they knew nothing about human eggs or implantation of anything in the walls of the uterus - that was a 19th century discovery.

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