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  • From: "Heard, Christopher" <Christopher.Heard AT pepperdine.edu>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Four Rivers of Eden - Genesis 2
  • Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 07:54:49 -0700

On May 12, 2005, at 7:45 AM, <tladatsi AT charter.net> <tladatsi AT charter.net> wrote:
The
minor detail that the headwaters of these rivers are
actually many miles apart and do not share a literal common
source would be known to very few and be of interest to
even fewer.

Jack: I actually don't think it's a minor point at all, and I thank you again for making it. Please see my other post on this subject for why I think the narrator describes an impossible geography on purpose assuming that readers will know the geography is impossible.

Chris

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R. Christopher Heard
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Pepperdine University
Malibu, California 90263-4352
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