Biblical Hebrew Forum

["K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Joel:

It is a good thing that you label this One Scholar's Opinion, as there
are good reasons to disagree with most of his claims.

On 7/2/06, Joel Stucki <joel AT stucki.ws> wrote:
> ... I only said
> that if the creation account really did speak of creation from nothing
> (ex nihilo) then it could be argued that the text was very late since
> these ideas developed around second century CE. Largely out of Greek
> philosophy.
That date is clearly wrong, as the book of Hebrews was written in the
mid first century, and merely repeated cosmological beliefs that were
common among Jews from before.

> ... (Your understanding of the text)
>
> So the two creation accounts focus on different things and clearly
> contradict each other in order of creation. But both focus on a
> lifeless world existing before God decides to make it into our world.
The two accounts contradict each other only when you force them into
the procrustean bed of your ideology.

> From a literary and linguistic analysis, they don't contradict, though
they focus on different aspects of creation.

Even the narration division is wrong, as Genesis 2:4 is the closing
verse of narration one, not the start of narration two, according to
ancient literary practice.

> ...
>
> Everyone have a good fourth.
You too.

> Joel Stucki

Karl W. Randolph.