Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>]

On 26/10/2005 13:47, Yigal Levin wrote:

> Hi Peter,
>
> This might be getting out of bounds for this list, but that was my point 
> exactly. Understanding the word "day" in the Creation story in any literal 
> sense does not work. Once you have to invent "clouds that hid the sun", 
> you're already adding elements that are not in the text. This is good 
> midrash, but certainly not a literal understanding of the text.
>
>  
True, but understanding the word "day" in a non-literal sense also does 
not work - and is arguably already "adding elements that are not in the 
text" and "midrash, but certainly not a literal understanding of the 
text". There is no easy answer.

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