Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

Life was created once for all time and is designed to perpetuate  
itself. So as a new generation rises the previous generation must  
recede. It goes both ways: procreation is needed because death is  
part of life, and death is inevitable because the power of  
procreation is an essential part of life.
Isaac Fried

On Dec 4, 2006, at 11:33 PM, davidfentonism AT aim.com wrote:

> I'm puzzled by your position only because it is absolutist. Thanks  
> for reiterating it for me.
>
> Best regards,
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: if AT math.bu.edu
> To: davidfentonism AT aim.com
> Sent: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Gen. 2:16-17 :: idiom or clumsy lie
>
> As I said, it can not be otherwise.
> ---IF
>
> On Dec 4, 2006, at 7:22 PM, davidfentonism AT aim.com wrote:
>
> > This is a materialist deduction but the cosmology of Adam prior to  
> > disobeying El could well have been otherwise which is also the  
> > more predominant view. From where else do you suppose procreation  
> > is proof of impending death?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > David Fenton
> > NYC
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: if AT math.bu.edu
> > Adam's fate is sealed in Gen 4.1: And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she
> > conceived, and bare Cain. The power of procreation is a sure sign for
> > a certain demise. Where there is birth  there is death---it can not
> > be otherwise.
> > ---Isaac Fried
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