Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Bryan:

)LH TWLDWT at the ends or beginnings of the sections? 
I have heard from different sources (unfortunately in 
lectures, not on paper) that it was a literary style that went 
out of practice mid second millennium BC whereby the 
author and title were added onto the end of literary works. 
Thus the sequential time frame of creation, which only 
God would know, was given the title "These are the 
bringing forths (This is the narration ...) of the heavens and 
the earth, in the day YHWH God made earth and heaven."

Thus Genesis 2:4 reflects a different document than 2:5, 
and therefore cannot fit the pattern that you claim (unless 
those lecturers I heard were wrong).

That they are today at the beginnings of following sections 
is the result of the relatively modern division of chapters 
and verses, made by people who did not know that 
ancient practice.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "B. M. Rocine" <brocine AT twcny.rr.com>
To: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] When God began to create...
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:07:43 -0500

> 
> 
> 
> Karl Randolph wrote:
> 
> > Genesis 2:4 is one of the poetic verses, with a mirror image 
> > poetry loosely built into it. Therefore, the second part doesn't 
> > split off to make a dependent clause.
> >
> > Further, Genesis 2:4 is the summing up verse that closes the 
> > first chapter, it is not part of the second chapter at all.
> >
> 
> Hi Karl,
> 
> I think you will find that the _'elleh toledot_ statements are at the
> beiginnings of their respective sections of Gen, not the ends.
> 
> It doesn't matter to me if you want to keep 2:4a together with 2:4b.
> 2:4b still grammatically depends on what follows, not what precedes.
> 
> IOW, the _'elleh toledot_ statement is more like a heading than an
> integral part of the narrative.  The story really begins with 2:4b, and
> the plotline begins with 2:7.
> 
> Shalom,
> Bryan
> 
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