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Re: [b-hebrew] When God began to create...

From: Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>
To: "B. M. Rocine" <brocine AT twcny.rr.com>
Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] When God began to create...
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 01:21:58 +0000

On 22/11/2005 21:33, B. M. Rocine wrote:

B-Haverim,

To lend support to the idea that Gen. 1:1 should be taken as a dependent clause, I think it is worth mentioning the syntactical parallel between Gen. 1:1-3 and Gen 2:4b-7, <dependent clause-parenthetical-main clause>, shown here:

OK, this could be a syntactical parallel, but only if you separate 2:4b from 2:4a. I'm not sure why this is done, against the Masoretic pointing which makes v.4 one verse, although it seems popular.

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[b-hebrew] When God began to create..., B. M. Rocine, 11/22/2005
- Re: [b-hebrew] When God began to create..., Peter Kirk, 11/22/2005
- Re: [b-hebrew] When God began to create..., Yitzhak Sapir, 11/23/2005
  - Re: [b-hebrew] When God began to create..., B. M. Rocine, 11/23/2005
    - Re: [b-hebrew] When God began to create..., Yitzhak Sapir, 11/23/2005
      - Re: [b-hebrew] When God began to create..., B. M. Rocine, 11/23/2005
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- [b-hebrew] When God began to create..., Herman Meester, 11/22/2005
- [b-hebrew] When God began to create..., Uri Hurwitz, 11/22/2005
- Re: [b-hebrew] When God began to create..., Karl Randolph, 11/23/2005
  - Re: [b-hebrew] When God began to create..., B. M. Rocine, 11/23/2005
    - Re: [b-hebrew] When God began to create..., Peter Kirk, 11/23/2005
    - Re: [b-hebrew] When God began to create..., Steve Miller, 11/26/2005