Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Kirk" <peter AT qaya.org>
To: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
Cc: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Yom in Biblical and Rabbinic Texts


> 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.
>
> --
Precisely, which is why I prefer to understand the whole thing 
allegorically.

Yigal