Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Joel Stucki" <joel AT stucki.ws>]

On 7/14/06, JAMES CHRISTIAN READ <JCR128 AT student.apu.ac.uk> wrote:
> JCR: Up until now the discussion has helped me greatly.
> It has helped me to learn about the possibility of
> cognate relationship between tehom and tiamat. It has
> also led me to understand that Enuma Elish and Genesis
> creation account may have had a common root. It has
> made me look at the age of Genesis 1:1-2:3 in a new
> light. It has made me realise that tehom may have been
> understood as a proper noun by the hebrews. It has
> made me look closer at the usage of tehom and its
> synonyms in the tanakh. It has made me consider the
> true genre of the Genesis creation account.
> Altogether the discussion so far has been a very
> enlightening experience for me and I hope that there be
> many more such enlightening discussions in the future.
>
> James C. Read
> UK

That's great James!  I was just afraid the thread was breaking down
into a rather tedious impasse.

Joel Stucki